arrest

An arrest is the action of the police, or person acting under the law, to take a person into custody, usually so that they may be forthcoming to answer before a tribunal for the commission of a crime. In many legal systems, an arrest requires mere verbal information to persons that they are under arrest; the laying of hands or restraints upon the arrested person is usually not required to effect an arrest. Also, there are certain non-criminal arrests that allow for the seizure of representatives not present in the legislative body lacking a quorum, and the forfeiture of property.
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n. arrest, detention, imprison

n. arrest, detention; imprisonment

(v. t.)
To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime.
  

(v. t.)
To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.
  

(v. t.)
To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention.
  

(v. t.)
To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate.
  

(v. t.)
The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant.
  

(v. t.)
The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development.
  

(v. t.)
Any seizure by power, physical or moral.
  

(v. t.)
A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails.
  

(v. i.)
To tarry; to rest.