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The phrase "almost got arrested" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone was very close to being taken into custody by law enforcement but ultimately was not.
Example: "I was just walking home late at night when I almost got arrested for being in the wrong place at the wrong time."
Alternatives: "nearly got detained" or "was on the verge of being arrested."
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"I almost got arrested for exercising our civil rights," Mr. Liddy said.
"That was kind of a traumatic situation where [Ayesha's] dad almost got arrested," Curry said.
Valentine argued and said, "I was the one who almost got arrested".
I almost got arrested once when I was in an airport and forgot to take one out of my bag.
"I almost got arrested with Vanessa [Redgrave], picketing against the Vietnam War in Berkeley Square," Fletcher recalls.
My brother also threw some eggs from our balcony into the café below, the police arrived, and so he almost got arrested.
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(Read Hendrik Hertzberg's post on Gatesgate, if only for the part about Hertzberg almost getting arrested for resisting arrest).
And six months later, somewhere between talking stars with an astronomer in the Grand Canyon and almost getting arrested for plastering poems on lamp posts in my city at 2 am, I felt better.
Pribram has faced down whale hunters in Japan — almost getting arrested in the process — and stood up at Chicago City Hall to support lifting a ban on surfing in Lake Michigan.
Nearly got arrested".
Zaarly #4: Greg almost just got arrested for jumping in a fountain outside of a corporate office.
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