He would have arrested vs Have been arrested

The phrases "he would have arrested" and "have been arrested" are not directly comparable as they serve different purposes. "He would have arrested" is used to talk about a hypothetical situation in the past where someone would have performed an action, while "have been arrested" is used to indicate that someone has experienced being taken into custody by the authorities.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 2176 views

He would have arrested

This phrase is correct and is used to express a hypothetical situation in the past where someone would have taken an action.

This phrase is used in conditional sentences to talk about what someone was likely to do in the past if certain conditions had been met.

Examples:

If he had known about the crime, he would have arrested the suspect.
She would have arrested the thief if she had seen him stealing.

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Within the month, he would have been arrested, his accounts frozen, and anything he still owned repossessed.
I'm guessing silver nitrate mixed with petroleum jelly that your boss put on the petty cash so he'd know who to have arrested for stealing it.
Seems unlikely he would have preemptively fabricated evidence of a blackmailing just in case he was arrested.
They said he had to wait on the car deck, or they'd have arrested him on the ship.
Donald was about to be arrested, so you killed him so he wouldn't implicate you.
My notes say that you told Gradishar that he would be arrested in a couple of weeks.
He called me the night he left to say that he feared he would soon be arrested.
He would just end up being arrested with the weapon and the investigation would have fallen out of her hands.
I said they have arrested Bianca Silva.
The police have arrested 20-25 protesters.
Major Violent Crime have arrested Rich Akers.
I should not have arrested her boss.
Oddball does not equal murderer... or they'd have arrested me.
We have arrested enough of the wrong people for this one homicide.
Police have arrested Frank Ashkani for Tommy Sutter's murder.
The FBI have arrested Eric Petrak.
Las Vegas Police have arrested Tom O'Neill, a bodyguard often seen protecting the biggest celebrities, including Denny Ocampo.
We have arrested Mark David Chapman... for the homicide of John Lennon.
I'm the one the police should have arrested.
Someone should have arrested you for that goatee.

Have been arrested

This phrase is correct and is used to indicate that someone has experienced being taken into custody by the authorities.

This phrase is used to talk about the past experience of being arrested by the police or other authorities.

Examples:

He claimed he had never been arrested before.
The suspect has been arrested multiple times for theft.

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Recent reports suggest that more journalists have been arrested.
Leyla and Melik have been arrested.
In the meantime, 57 people have been arrested.
Since then, 400 people have been arrested.
I shouldn't have been arrested to begin with.
The defense has argued that someone should have been arrested in that attack because civilians were killed.
Three boys have been arrested and arraigned.
Two of our men have been arrested.
Ming Wa Men and Ho Lee Park have been arrested in Shaolin.
Nidge and all his lot have been arrested.
Two men have been arrested in Boston.
In the meantime at least 10 lawyers have been arrested and imprisoned or exiled.
About eighty democracy activists have been arrested and sentenced, following farcical trials, to very long prison sentences.
Thousands of civilians have been arrested and detained without trial.
Members of the political opposition have been arrested.
I will be thinking of all those who have been arrested.
There are pirates who have been arrested and brought to European prisons.
According to the Fund, some of those responsible for the misappropriation have been arrested.
In the last year alone, more than 1500 workers have been arrested.
Several women rabbis have been arrested and a protest at the Wailing Wall has spurred debate in the Knesset.

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He would have arrested vs Have been arrested