arrest

v. detain; delay, slow down, stop; imprison

n. detention; imprisonment

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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Noun
1. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
(synonym) apprehension, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody
(hypernym) capture, gaining control, seizure
(derivation) collar, nail, apprehend, pick up, nab, cop
2. 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"
(synonym) check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage
(hypernym) inaction, inactivity, inactiveness
(hyponym) countercheck
Verb
1. take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
(synonym) collar, nail, apprehend, pick up, nab, cop
(hypernym) seize, prehend, clutch
(derivation) apprehension, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody
2. 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 Sout East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
(synonym) check, turn back, stop, contain, hold back
(hypernym) defend
(hyponym) cut down, cut out
3. attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"
(synonym) catch, get
(hypernym) attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in
4. cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
(synonym) halt, hold
(hypernym) stop
(derivation) arrester, arrester hook

n. arrest, detention, imprison

n. arrest, detention; imprisonment