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arrest Definition

• (n) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
• (n) the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
• (v) take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
• (v) hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in Sout East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
• (v) attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"
• (v) cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"

arrest Synonyms

• apprehend
• apprehension
• arrest
• catch
• check
• collar
• contain
• cop
• get
• halt
• hitch
• hold
• hold back
• nab
• nail
• pick up
• pinch
• stay
• stop
• stoppage
• taking into custody
• turn back