unarrest

English

Etymology

un- +‎ arrest

Verb

unarrest (third-person singular simple present unarrests, present participle unarresting, simple past and past participle unarrested)

1. (transitive) To release (an arrested person) from custody.
   • 2010, Gabrielle M. Maxwell, ‎Allison Morris, Family, Victims and Culture: Youth Justice in New Zealand (page 33)

     She was swearing at the police who were trying to deal with a domestic incident. I had to break up the situation, the harassment was interfering with them dealing with the original fight. It was decided to unarrest her when we realised her age.

   • 2015, News.com.au, "Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said two teenage brothers arrested while trying to leave Australia to fight with ISIS were ‘saved’"

     They were subsequently unarrested and released into their parents’ custody on Friday evening.

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