arrest
[ uh-rest ]
/ əˈrɛst /
verb (used with object)
noun
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
synonym study for arrest
3. See
stop.
OTHER WORDS FROM arrest
Words nearby arrest
arrayal,
arrearage,
arrears,
arrector,
arrenotoky,
arrest,
arrest of judgment,
arrestable,
arrestant,
arrestee,
arrester
Example sentences from the Web for arrestable
Burgh customs still stand in the peculiar position of being neither adjudgeable nor arrestable; they are therefore bad security.
The dead was arrestable: a law afterwards set aside, “for death dissolved all things.”
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British Dictionary definitions for arrestable (1 of 2)
arrestable
/ (əˈrɛstəbəl) /
adjective
liable to be arrested
(of an offence) such that an offender may be arrested without a warrant
British Dictionary definitions for arrestable (2 of 2)
arrest
/ (əˈrɛst) /
verb (tr)
noun
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 arrestable
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 arrestable
arrest
see under arrest.