rearrest

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verb

To arrest again.

“The police rearrested the suspect after finding new evidence linking him to the crime.”

OriginEnglish arrest ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbrearrest (third-person singular simple present rearrests, present participle rearresting, simple past and past participle rearrested)

present singular third person rearrests · participle present rearresting · participle past rearrested · past rearrested

  1. To arrest again.

    The police rearrested the suspect after finding new evidence linking him to the crime.

nounrearrest (plural rearrests)

plural rearrests

  1. A second or subsequent arrest.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englisharrest
  7. Englishrearrest

From re- + arrest.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

arrester
Cite this entry
APA

rearrest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rearrest

MLA

“rearrest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rearrest. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rearrest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rearrest.

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