Sekirov Dictionary

arrest

/əˈɹɛst/

verb 6
noun 8
forms 5

verb6

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to catch and hold someone with the authority of the law
- The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry.
- The suspect merchant ship has been arrested by customs officers.
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To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
- To try to arrest the spiral of violence, I contacted Chief Buthelezi to arrange a meeting. — 1994
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To undergo cardiac arrest.
- Realizing the mistake immediately from the outline of the RCA on the fluoroscope screen, he rapidly removed the catheter – just as his patient arrested. — 2004
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To catch the attention of.
- There is something about this picture—something bold and vigorous, which arrests the attention. I feel sure it would be highly popular. — 1919
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(no longer used) To stop the motion of (a person, animal, or body part).
- An vncouth paine torments my grieued soule, And death arrests the organe of my voyce. — 1587
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(no longer used) To stay, remain.
- A white Starre[…]whiche to every mans sighte did lighte and arrest apon the Standard of Albry. — 1538

noun8

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The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
- State police made a total of 15 drug-related arrests across the city.
A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
The condition of being stopped, standstill.
A device to physically arrest motion.
A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse
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(no longer used) Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.
- The sad stories of fire from heaven, the burning of his sheep, etc., […] were sad arrests to his troubled spirit. — 1651

forms

arrested · arresting · arresteth · arrests · arrestest

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