Definitions for arrest
əˈrɛstar·rest

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custodynoun

   the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

   "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"

2. arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppageverb

   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"

3. collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, copverb

   take into custody

   "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

4. check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold backverb

   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 South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"

5. catch, arrest, getverb

   attract and fix

   "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"

6. halt, hold, arrestverb

   cause to stop

   "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. arrestnoun

   A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.

   Etymology: From arester, from *, from ad- + restare, from re- + stare, from steh₂-.

2. arrestnoun

   The condition of being stopped, standstill.

   Etymology: From arester, from *, from ad- + restare, from re- + stare, from steh₂-.

3. arrestnoun

   The act of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.

   Etymology: From arester, from *, from ad- + restare, from re- + stare, from steh₂-.

4. arrestnoun

   A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.

   Etymology: From arester, from *, from ad- + restare, from re- + stare, from steh₂-.

5. arrestnoun

   A device to physically arrest motion.

   Etymology: From arester, from *, from ad- + restare, from re- + stare, from steh₂-.

6. arrestverb

   To stop the motion of (a person or animal).

   Etymology: From arester, from *, from ad- + restare, from re- + stare, from steh₂-.

7. arrestverb

   To stay, remain.

   Etymology: From arester, from *, from ad- + restare, from re- + stare, from steh₂-.

8. arrestverb

   To stop (a process, course etc.).

   Etymology: From arester, from *, from ad- + restare, from re- + stare, from steh₂-.

9. arrestverb

   To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.

   Etymology: From arester, from *, from ad- + restare, from re- + stare, from steh₂-.

10. arrestverb

    To catch the attention of.

    Etymology: From arester, from *, from ad- + restare, from re- + stare, from steh₂-.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Arrestverb

   to stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses

   Etymology: [OE. arest, arrest, OF. arest, F. arrt, fr. arester. See Arrest, v. t., Arrt.]

2. Arrestverb

   to take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime

   Etymology: [OE. arest, arrest, OF. arest, F. arrt, fr. arester. See Arrest, v. t., Arrt.]

3. Arrestverb

   to seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention

   Etymology: [OE. arest, arrest, OF. arest, F. arrt, fr. arester. See Arrest, v. t., Arrt.]

4. Arrestverb

   to rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate

   Etymology: [OE. arest, arrest, OF. arest, F. arrt, fr. arester. See Arrest, v. t., Arrt.]

5. Arrestverb

   to tarry; to rest

   Etymology: [OE. arest, arrest, OF. arest, F. arrt, fr. arester. See Arrest, v. t., Arrt.]

6. Arrestverb

   the act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development

   Etymology: [OE. arest, arrest, OF. arest, F. arrt, fr. arester. See Arrest, v. t., Arrt.]

7. Arrestverb

   the taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant

   Etymology: [OE. arest, arrest, OF. arest, F. arrt, fr. arester. See Arrest, v. t., Arrt.]

8. Arrestverb

   any seizure by power, physical or moral

   Etymology: [OE. arest, arrest, OF. arest, F. arrt, fr. arester. See Arrest, v. t., Arrt.]

9. Arrestverb

   a scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails

   Etymology: [OE. arest, arrest, OF. arest, F. arrt, fr. arester. See Arrest, v. t., Arrt.]

Freebase(1.92 / 13 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Arrest

   An arrest is the act of depriving a person of his or her liberty usually in relation to the purported investigation or prevention of crime and presenting to a procedure as part of the criminal justice system. The term is Anglo-Norman in origin and is related to the French word arrêt, meaning "stop". Arrest, when used in its ordinary and natural sense, means the apprehension of a person or the deprivation of a person's liberty. The question whether the person is under arrest or not depends not on the legality of the arrest, but on whether the person has been deprived of personal liberty of movement. When used in the legal sense in the procedure connected with criminal offences, an arrest consists in the taking into custody of another person under authority empowered by law, to be held or detained to answer a criminal charge or to prevent the commission of a criminal or further offence. The essential elements to constitute an arrest in the above sense are that there must be an intent to arrest under the authority, accompanied by a seizure or detention of the person in the manner known to law, which is so understood by the person arrested Police and various other bodies have powers of arrest. In some places, the power is more general; for example in England and Wales—with the notable exception of the Monarch, the head of state—any person can arrest "anyone whom he has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be committing, have committed or be guilty of committing an indictable offence", although certain conditions must be met before taking such action.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Arrest

   ar-rest′, v.t. to stop: to seize: to catch the attention: to apprehend by legal authority.—n. stoppage: seizure by warrant.—adj. Arrest′able, liable to be arrested.—n. Arrestā′tion, the act of arresting: arrest.—adj. Arrest′ive, with a tendency to arrest.—n. Arrest′ment (law), detention of a person arrested till liberated on bail, or by security: (Scots law) the process which prohibits a debtor from making payment to his creditor until another debt due to the person making use of the arrestment by such creditor is paid. [O. Fr. arester—L. ad, to, restāre, to stand still.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. arrest

   The suspension of an officer's duty, and restraint of his person, previous to trying him by a court martial. Seamen in Her Majesty's service cannot be arrested for debts under twenty pounds, and that contracted before they entered the navy. Yet it is held in law, that this affords no exemption from arrests either in civil or criminal suits.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. arrest

   The temporary confinement of officers in barracks, quarters, or tents, pending trial by court-martial, or the consideration of their imputed offenses previous to deciding whether they shall or shall not be tried. (See Appendix, Articles of War, 65.) Private soldiers are usually placed under guard; by the custom of the service non-commissioned officers may be simply placed in arrest in quarters.

2. arrest

   (Old Fr., now arret). A French phrase, similar in its import to the Latin word retinaculum; it consisted of a small piece of steel or iron, which was formerly used in the construction of fire-arms, to prevent the piece from going off. A familiar phrase among military men in France is, Ce pistolet est en arret, “this pistol is in arrest or is stopped.”

Matched Categories

1. • Attract
   • Defend
   • Stop

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'arrest' in Nouns Frequency: #1721

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'arrest' in Verbs Frequency: #458

Anagrams for arrest »

1. starer

2. raster

3. raters

4. rarest

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of arrest in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of arrest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of arrest in a Sentence

1. Kootenai County Prosecutor Barry McHugh:

   I have concluded that my office's request to have an arrest warrant issued was a mistake under the circumstances, i regret this having taken place and will do everything in my power to avoid this type of mistake in the future.

2. Carlos Ghosn:

   My arrest this morning is outrageous and arbitrary, it is part of another attempt by some individuals at Nissan to silence me by misleading the prosecutors. Why arrest me except to try to break me? I will not be broken. I am innocent of the groundless charges and accusations against me.

3. Michael Avenatti:

   Here in America, unlike in Russia, we don't arrest citizens for political purposes in order to silence them.

4. Benoit Gomis:

   You can only do so much within the rule of law, you can't arrest them for extreme views. Lots of people will say we should have arrested them, or put them in jail, but we need to respect the rule of law.

5. Pussy Riot:

   For example about civil rights activists who were detained... who faced arrest... just because they made an action on the field.

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