арестовывали

were arresting, used to arrest

ɐ rʲ ɪ s t o v ɨ v ə lʲ ɪ → арестовывать
арест arrest + ов forming words meaning “related to, belonging to, or characterized by” + ыва forms imperfective verbs, often indicating ongoing or repeated action + ли past plural
verb · plural · past indicative Rare #41,321
were arresting, used to arrest
RU: Полицейские арестовывали подозреваемых.
EN: The police were arresting suspects.
Conjugation of арестовывать
Indicative past
арестовывали

Меня никогда ни за что не арестовывали.

I've never been arrested for anything.

Тома арестовывали трижды.

Tom was arrested three times.

Скажи мне, сколько раз тебя арестовывали за нападение?

Tell me, how many times have you been arrested for assault?

— Двойная рокировка (2002)

Тома арестовывали более трёх раз.

Tom was arrested more than three times.

Но теперь они говорят, что не арестовывали.

But now they say they didn't arrest anyone.

— Я все еще здесь (2024)