arrest+(verb)

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• arrest — vb 1 Arrest, check, interrupt mean to stop in mid course. Arrest implies a holding fixed in the midst of movement, development, or progress and usually a prevention of further advance until someone or something effects a release {arrest the… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• arrest — ► VERB 1) seize by legal authority and take into custody. 2) stop or check (progress or a process). 3) (arresting) attracting attention. ► NOUN 1) the action of arresting someone. 2) a sudden cessation of motion …   English terms dictionary

• arrest — ar·rest 1 /ə rest/ n [Middle French arest, from arester to stop, seize, arrest, ultimately from Latin ad to, at + restare to stay]: the restraining and seizure of a person whether or not by physical force by someone acting under authority (as a… …   Law dictionary

• Arrest — »Haft; Nachsitzen«: Das Fremdwort (spätmhd. arrest) wurde zunächst als juristischer Terminus verwendet, später vorwiegend in der Militär und Schulsprache. Es geht zurück auf mlat. arrestum »Verhaftung«, das zu mlat. arrestare (< *ad restare)… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

• arrest — verb 1》 seize (someone) by legal authority and take them into custody.     ↘seize and detain (a ship) by legal authority. 2》 stop or check (progress or a process). 3》 [usu. as adjective arresting] attract the attention of: an arresting shade of… …   English new terms dictionary

• arrest — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ false, wrongful ▪ arbitrary ▪ mass ▪ citizen s ▪ He grabbed the intruder by the arm and said, ‘I am m …   Collocations dictionary

• arrest — [[t]əre̱st[/t]] ♦♦ arrests, arresting, arrested 1) VERB If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime. [V n] Police arrested five young men in connection… …   English dictionary

• arrest — ar|rest1 [ ə rest ] verb transitive ** 1. ) if the police arrest someone, they take that person to a police station because they believe he or she has committed a crime. Someone who has been arrested is under arrest, and if they are not allowed… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• arrest — I UK [əˈrest] / US verb [transitive] Word forms arrest : present tense I/you/we/they arrest he/she/it arrests present participle arresting past tense arrested past participle arrested ** 1) if the police arrest someone, they take that person to a …   English dictionary

• arrest — 1 verb (T) 1 if the police arrest you, they take you away because they think you have done something illegal: Police arrested 26 demonstrators, over half of them women. | arrest sb for sth: Wayne was arrested for dangerous driving. 2 formal to… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• arrest*/*/ — [əˈrest] verb [T] I 1) if the police arrest someone, they take that person to a police station because they think that he or she has committed a crime Police raided the building and arrested six men.[/ex] He was arrested for possession of illegal …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English