to rearrest
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4.2
- verb
- /ˌriːəˈrɛst/
- Specialized
- The police decided to rearrest him after new evidence emerged in the case.
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Watch on YouTubeAnd then Florida rearrested me a week later.
- And then Florida rearrested me a week later.
- And more and more stuff came out and and he was rearrested.
Examples
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Whereas most people—while they don't like it—don't find it surprising that many people released from prison are rearrested.
Academic text (1997) -
He slipped off to Spain but was rearrested in Gibraltar
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And then Florida rearrested me a week later.
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And rearrest Sandusky and replace the judge who worked with him! No more excuses, please!
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You once told me that Villefort had you rearrested just after... he had cleared you of all the charges.
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And, each time on probation, he was rearrested for new crimes or for violating the conditions of his probation.
Academic text (1997) -
A previous RAND Corporation study of the Los Angeles County Jail population found that 50 percent of all men released were rearrested within one year of release.
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Imanyara himself was detained, released, and then rearrested on a charge of issuing a seditious publication.
Academic text (1990) -
Previously deported immigrants were also rearrested sooner and arrested more frequently than other deportable immigrants.
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Studying deportable immigrants released from the Los Angeles County Jail, researchers found that men who previously had been deported from the country were about twice as likely to be rearrested within a year as other deportable immigrants.
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Synonyms
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7.9
To put someone back in prison after they are released or escape
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6.5
To record someone as arrested again or charge them with new crimes
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rearrest comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and arrest meaning 'take into custody'. So to rearrest someone is to arrest them again after they were released.