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Discover LudwigThe phrase "arrested alive" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is taken into custody while still living, often in a dramatic or sensational manner.
Example: "The fugitive was finally apprehended after a long chase, arrested alive by the authorities."
Alternatives: "captured alive" or "taken alive".
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"He was arrested alive," said Col. Ben Ahonatu.
Killed during the onslaught were: Abdul Rehman Abdul Rahman Chhota Abu Ali Fahad Ullah Ismail Khan Babar Imran Abu Umar Abu Sohrab Shoaib alias Soheb Ajmal Kasab was the only attacker arrested alive by police.
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Ms. Tsarnaeva: We asked, 'Where is this video from?' The one where they arrested him alive.
Prosecutor Francois Molins said that "everything was done to try to arrest him alive".
The stormy second movement was arresting, but alive with nuance and detail.
"The police want to arrest them alive," he said, "but drug dealers are concerned that more information will be leaked to the police, so they decide to kill them".
If Dzhokhar is found alive and arrested, a major legal drama will ensue.
"Sooner or later he will be found alive and arrested — and hopefully that is the best outcome we want — or if he resists, he will be killed".
Prakash was believed to have been killed during a US-led attack on Mosul in 2016, but subsequently found alive and arrested.
A digest of the past week's prophetic and interpretive thought "Sooner or later, he will be found, either alive and arrested — and hopefully that is the best outcome we want — or if he resists he will be killed".
The assassins, the key members of the clandestine network, and the key Serbian military conspirators who were still alive were arrested, tried, convicted and punished.
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