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noun

plural of rearrest
as in arrests

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verb

present tense third-person singular of rearrest
as in locks (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rearrests
  1. arrests
  2. incarcerates
  3. incarcerations
  4. jails
  5. restraints
  6. imprisons
  7. imprisonments
  8. confines
Noun
  • Police made at least 272 arrests across the country, including in Paris.
    — SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Under his leadership, the Office of Statewide Prosecution secured 2,000 arrests and hundreds of years in prison for those who prey on our state’s children.
    — Kimberly Bird, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of arrests
Verb
  • Today, Rikers incarcerates approximately sixty-seven hundred people—most of whom are in pretrial detention, others who are serving terms of less than a year—in facilities that are within New York City while also being out of sight and largely out of reach.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
Definition of incarcerates
Noun
  • Part of the Measure J mandate passed by voters in 2020 is to reduce incarcerations by adding more interdictions by substance abuse and mental health counselors, when there’s no weapon involved or violent threat.
    — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • One 2025 study found that these waivers may be tied to fewer hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and incarcerations among adults with serious mental illness.
    — Helen Santoro, Denver Post, 29 June 2026
Definition of incarcerations
Verb
  • Only 65 people rebooked into those counties’ jails two or more times through June 2026 were eventually released on bond.
    — Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The facility is one of 11 Kentucky jails that contract with ICE to detain people.
    — Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Feb. 2026
Definition of jails
Noun
  • Severe injuries can occur because of the forces experienced during a ride, collisions, problems with restraints or other mechanical and operational incidents.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Summer Bates, who was at the Georgia park with her husband and three children and saw Kariem fall, told the AP previously that her older two children kept trying to push their restraints down tighter while on the ride.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of restraints
Verb
  • Some progressives saw the former prosecutor as part of a criminal justice establishment that disproportionately imprisons Black men.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The King imprisons the miller’s daughter in a room and orders her to prove her magical ability under pain of death.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of imprisons
Noun
  • Now his mass deportations have created trauma and chaos in our communities, including unpredictable arrests, imprisonments, deportations and deaths.
    — Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
  • After this, there will be a lot of going back and forth across the Channel; crimes of the aristocracy; Darnay’s own Big Secret revealed; more trials, more imprisonments.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of imprisonments
Verb
  • Places like Los Angeles and Oakland have high permit fees and strict zoning that often confines cans to industrial areas.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 9 Feb. 2026
  • In an industry that often confines its actors, especially women and especially Black women, Hall continues to carve a path defined by risk, depth and courage.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
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“Rearrests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rearrests. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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