No. 10,031 in Swedish

häktas

"To be arrested" or "to be taken into custody."

In a sentence

Om en person misstänks för allvarliga brott, kan hen häktas.
If a person is suspected of serious crimes, they can be arrested.
In this sentence, 'häktas' is used to indicate being taken into custody by legal authority due to suspicions of criminal acts.
Efter att ha gripits på plats, häktades mannen i väntan på rättegång.
After being detained on site, the man was arrested pending trial.
Here, 'häktades' is used in its past tense form to describe the state of being detained legally.
Domaren måste besluta om den misstänkte ska häktas eller inte.
The judge must decide whether the suspect will be arrested or not.
In this sentence, 'häktas' refers to the legal determination of whether custody is warranted.

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