arrest
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2.7
- noun
- /əˈrɛst/
- We now have body camera footage of the arrest of this suspect, Ryan Ruth.
- a drug arrest
- arrest rate
- a hard drug arrest
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Watch on YouTubeBrian Rolfe said yeah, you're under arrest for fraud, deception.
- Brian Rolfe said yeah, you're under arrest for fraud, deception.
- She didn't know until after the arrests that she could walk.
- You have the arrests and you have being expelled.
- and then a week after his arrest, he's found dead in his jail cell,
- Just three days after they left, the mass arrests of Russian tourists in Germany began.
- I was like, I was glad that an arrest had been made.
- You only make arrests in extreme circumstances.
- Three of us will run under arrest for extortion.
- It's basically what he calls the NCIC national Arrest records.
- And then they came in the the arrest team came in.
- And they carried on with having him under arrest, put him on bail.
Examples
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Hand over your command and report yourself under arrest to my headquarters!
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Furthermore, arrests for drug use disrupt the lives of drug users, their families, and their neighbors.
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Now, here is the official arrest photo.
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There should be no arbitrary arrest of subjects.
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The prison population increased every year, but arrests remained constant.
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I have a warrant for her arrest.
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- I'm sorry, but you're under arrest.
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At the time of his arrest, Nakamura had pancreatic cancer.
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You're under arrest, Evelyn, and the sheriff's here.
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The police made an arrest after a long investigation into the robbery.
Synonyms
80
5.4
Holding someone after the police arrest them
19
7.7
An arrest of a person, often a criminal
16
6.1
The capture of a person by the police
7
6.7
Being held by police or officials for a short time
2
7.7
The act of catching and arresting a criminal
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
52
3.8
A paper from a judge that lets police take a person to a station and bring them to court
- Specialized
51
3.7
A sudden stop of the heart that stops blood flow and can cause death if not treated
- Specialized
1
5.4
When the heart and lungs suddenly stop working, breathing and heartbeat stop
How Serious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Arrest comes from an old French verb and the Latin root restare, which means 'to stay' or 'stand still'. It is like the English word rest, which means to stop moving. So an arrest is the law's way of 'stopping' a person.