1st of the season?

[jesta1865]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/elections/news/article/eg...

what I want to know is what the hell is de-arrested, since when has that been a word?

[Silent1]

to dearrest someone is to reverse the arresting process.

[jesta1865]

Silent1 said:

to dearrest someone is to reverse the arresting process.

i had worked that out, i just didn't think it was a real word / phrase.

[ellroy]

I always thought that the word released summed it up perfectly. Awful word, if it exists, pure butchery of the language.

[Blue Meanie]

He's wrong, though. The egg came before the chicken!

[Engineer1]

ellroy said:

I always thought that the word released summed it up perfectly. Awful word, if it exists, pure butchery of the language.

You can be arrested and released on bail, de-arresting means the slate has been wiped clean as in no charges are pressed.