Definitions

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  • adjective Not arrested; unchecked.
  • adjective Not having been arrested (taken in by police etc.).

Etymologies

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un- +‎ arrested

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Examples

  • Did I just read that a Fairfax County Supervisor intervened and had someone "unarrested"???

    Not Larry Sabato: 2007

  • Did I just read that a Fairfax County Supervisor intervened and had someone "unarrested"???

    Mike Frey Should Resign 2007

  • After federal agents arrested Rajeevan, police realised they didn't have enough evidence to hold him and told him he would be '' unarrested ''.

    The Age News Headlines 2010

  • One man 'unarrested' in taxicab robberies: Second suspect arrested

    Local News 2009

  • One man 'unarrested' in taxicab robberies: Second suspect arrested

    Local News 2009

  • One man 'unarrested' in taxicab robberies: Second suspect arrested

    Local News 2009

  • One man 'unarrested' in taxicab robberies: Second suspect arrested

    Local News 2009

  • Jacob will be unarrested, and we can all go back to the way we were.

    HOUSE RULES JODI PICOULT 2010

  • Not the kind of tragic consequence due to unarrested indulgence I would hope to see.

    Movie Trailer: Rob Marshall’s Nine | /Film 2009

  • The consequences of an unarrested free fall are clear enough without a precise measure of our speed and acceleration.

    An Introduction to Ecological Economics~ Chapter 4 2008

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