Under-arrest Synonyms

Under-arrest Sentence Examples

• The sculptor Pheidias was prosecuted on two vexatious charges (probably in 433), and before he could disprove the second he died under arrest.

• He was suddenly placed under arrest owing to intrigues or suspicions of the men raised to power by the coup d'etat of Thermidor 9-10 (July 27-28) 1794.

• Placed under arrest with the Girondins, he escaped to Rennes where he drew up a pamphlet denouncing the constitution of 1793 under the curious title Le Dernier Crime de Lanjuinais (Rennes, 1793).

• Frederick did not like disobedience, but he still less liked being made a fool of, and he put Voltaire under arrest.

• The government was strong enough to put him under arrest at Lerida.