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Arrested, having stolen (7)

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I believe the answer is:

pinched

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This might be a double definition.

'arrested' is the first definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'stolen' is the second definition.
(pinching is a kind of stealing)

'having' is the link.

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(Another definition for pinched that I've seen is " Haggard".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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