to arrest

Examples

• All

• After a long investigation, they finally managed to arrest the man responsible for the crime.

• He is having his agents arrest people without due process.

• But yeah, the three of them were arrested in New York.

• But your dad gets arrested, put on trial.

• And my guy got arrested driving the van.

  The BlueTick Show

• When we ask you if you had been arrested, it was one time.

• Is the US still trying to kill him, arrest him, put him in jail?

• You were arrested, were you not?

  Cabrini (2024)

• Among the protesters arrested that day, five were Howard students, including Ms. Grant, a junior.

  Academic text (2017)

• In February 2006, the FBI arrested an alleged cell of three terrorists in Toledo.

  Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

B

to bust

vsto arrest

• Informal

320 6.1

To enter a place suddenly to arrest people

is the general legal seizure without implying a raid or sudden action

D

to detain

vsto arrest

• Formal

169 5.9

To keep someone with the police for questioning

is the act of seizing and starting custody rather than prolonged holding

N

to nail

vsto arrest

• Informal

130 8.0

To catch someone for a crime, often while they are doing it

is the lawful seizure under authority, not only catching in the act

P

to pick up

vsto arrest

• Informal

125 3.9

To take someone to the police because they are suspected of a crime

is the standard legal term rather than casual phrasing

A

to apprehend

vsto arrest

• Formal

118 6.1

To arrest someone and put them in police custody

is the common everyday legal act used more broadly by authorities

N

to nab

vsto arrest

• Informal

40 5.8

Catch someone suddenly to stop or arrest them

is the formal act of taking custody, not just a sudden capture

C

to cop

vsto arrest

• Informal

8 7.0

Catch and arrest someone, usually by the police

is the neutral legal action rather than slang or casual speech

C

to collar

vsto arrest

6 6.1

To grab someone by the neck or shirt to stop them

is the general legal taking into custody without focus on the grab method

Antonyms

R

to release

∞ 1.8

To let someone or something go free from being held

D

to discharge

• Formal

100 4.4

Officially release someone from a duty, job, or responsibility

Compounds

H

house arrest

• Formal

49 4.0

A legal order to stay at home instead of going to prison

C

cardiac arrest

• Specialized

48 3.7

A sudden stop of the heart that stops blood flow and can cause death if not treated

A

arrest warrant

• Formal

42 3.8

A paper from a judge that lets police take a person to a station and bring them to court

R

resisting arrest

• Formal

25 7.0

To use physical force against the police when they try to arrest you

C

cardiopulmonary arrest

• Specialized

1 5.4

When the heart and lungs suddenly stop working, breathing and heartbeat stop

How Forceful

to arrest

∞ 3.4

to detain

• Formal

169 5.9

to hold

∞ 1.9

stop

310 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology