Arrested and Working

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Arrested

Arrested adjective - Taken and held prisoner.
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Working is an antonym for arrested.
Nearby Words: arrest, arresting, arrester

Working

Working adjective - Being in effective operation.
Usage example: the only working coal mine in the area
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Arrested is an antonym for working.
Nearby Words: work, works, worked, workable, worker
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  • Shoo Out the New Guy Less then halfway through the season he was revealed to be working with terrorists and was almost immediately arrested, never getting another appearance or even mention.
    Source: Shoo Out the New Guy
  • Graceful Loser One of them even gave Columbo a portrait of himself after being caught (although he was working on it before he was arrested).
    Source: Graceful Loser
  • It’s a miracle that it works at all, and working incompletely still gets him drugged, arrested, captured, and killed.
    Source: Fan Fic / A Teacher's Glory
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