arrest

[ uh-rest ]

/ əˈrɛst /

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verb (used with object)

to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar.

to catch and hold; attract and fix; engage: The loud noise arrested our attention.

to check the course of; stop; slow down: to arrest progress.

Medicine/Medical. to control or stop the active progress of (a disease): The new drug did not arrest the cancer.

noun

the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.

any seizure or taking by force.

an act of stopping or the state of being stopped: the arrest of tooth decay.

Machinery. any device for stopping machinery; stop.

Idioms for arrest

under arrest, in custody of the police or other legal authorities: They placed the suspect under arrest at the scene of the crime.

Origin of arrest

1275–1325; (v.) Middle English aresten < Anglo-French, Middle French arester, < Vulgar Latin *arrestāre to stop (see ar-, rest²); (noun) Middle English arest(e) < Anglo-French, Old French, noun derivative of v.

SYNONYMS FOR arrest

1 apprehend.

2 secure, rivet, occupy.

3 stay.

5 detention, apprehension, imprisonment.

7 stoppage, halt, stay, check.

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3. See stop.

OTHER WORDS FROM arrest

ar·rest·a·ble, adjective ar·rest·ment, noun post·ar·rest, adjective pre·ar·rest, verb (used with object)

pre·ar·rest·ment, noun re·ar·rest, verb (used with object), noun un·ar·rest·a·ble, adjective un·ar·rest·ed, adjective

Words nearby arrest

arrayal, arrearage, arrears, arrector, arrenotoky, arrest, arrest of judgment, arrestable, arrestant, arrestee, arrester

Example sentences from the Web for arrest

Sullivan has by then moved in to help and he seeks to complete the arrest of the first man.

Protesters Slimed This Good Samaritan Cop |Michael Daly |December 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Those with a slightly sleazier bent have dredged up reports of his weight gain, substance abuse, and arrest.

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Still images of each will be released today and a reward will be posted for information leading to their arrest.

Protesters Slimed This Good Samaritan Cop |Michael Daly |December 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Chan still felt that a line had been crossed and he went to arrest the man.

Protesters Slimed This Good Samaritan Cop |Michael Daly |December 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

He went so far as to throw an “Activation Party” in their honor just weeks before his September arrest.

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At the end of a quarter of an hour of arrest, which had nothing disagreeable in it, he was simply asked to leave.

The Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete |Constant
I can arrest him on suspicion, and won't let him go until I get at the truth.

The Opal Serpent |Fergus Hume
But for the first few days after Dalaber's arrest and imprisonment the excitement was too keen to admit of any mediation.

For the Faith |Evelyn Everett-Green
Only by the arrest or reversal of selection can a race degenerate—apart from the racial poisons.

Parenthood and Race Culture |Caleb Williams Saleeby
But if she remains here I fear that nothing can save her from the horror of an arrest, even if afterwards we are able to save her.

The Yellow Crayon |E. Phillips Oppenheim

British Dictionary definitions for arrest

arrest

/ (əˈrɛst) /

verb (tr)

to deprive (a person) of liberty by taking him into custody, esp under lawful authority

to seize (a ship) under lawful authority

to slow or stop the development or progress of (a disease, growth, etc)

to catch and hold (one's attention, sight, etc)

arrest judgment law to stay proceedings after a verdict, on the grounds of error or possible error

can't get arrested informal (of a performer) is unrecognized and unsuccessful he can't get arrested here but is a megastar in the States

noun

the act of taking a person into custody, esp under lawful authority

the act of seizing and holding a ship under lawful authority

the state of being held, esp under lawful authority under arrest

Also called: arrestation (ˌærɛsˈteɪʃən) the slowing or stopping of the development or progress of something

the stopping or sudden cessation of motion of something a cardiac arrest

Word Origin for arrest

C14: from Old French arester, from Vulgar Latin arrestāre (unattested), from Latin ad at, to + restāre to stand firm, stop

Medical definitions for arrest

arrest

[ ə-rĕst′ ]

v.

To stop; check.

To undergo cardiac arrest.

n.

An interference with or a checking of the regular course of a disease or symptom, a stoppage.

Interference with the performance of a function.

The inhibition of a developmental process, usually the ultimate stage of development.

Idioms and Phrases with arrest

arrest

see under arrest.

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