arrest
(Poetic)
[verb]
Synonyms:
- capture, apprehend, catch, detain, nick (slang, chiefly Brit.), seize, take prisoner
- stop, block, delay, end, inhibit, interrupt, obstruct, slow, suppress
- grip, absorb, engage, engross, fascinate, hold, intrigue, occupy
[noun]
Synonyms:
- capture, bust (informal), cop (slang), detention, seizure
- stopping, blockage, delay, end, hindrance, interruption, obstruction, suppression

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Contrasted words: advance, forward, further, promote, expedite, hasten, quicken, speed, discharge, free, liberate, release, freeing, liberation
Related Idioms: bring to a halt (or stand or standstill), bring up short, check in full career, cut short, lay by the heels, lay hands on
Related Words: balk, frustrate, thwart, choke, obstruct, stop (up), delay, detain, hamper, hinder, restrain, retard, interfere, interpose, intervene, contain, stem, withstand, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, lock (up), slough, attach, capture, catch, collar, seizure, taking

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English Thesaurus: catch, arrest, apprehend, capture, take somebody prisoner, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. ar‧rest¹ W3 /əˈrest/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: arester 'to rest, arrest', from Vulgar Latin arrestare, from Latin ad- 'to' + restare 'to remain, rest']

1. if the police arrest someone, the person is taken to a police station because the police think they have done something illegal:
He was arrested and charged with murder.
arrest somebody for something
Her father was arrested for fraud.
I got arrested for careless driving.
arrest somebody in connection with something
Five youths were arrested in connection with the attack.
arrest somebody on charges/suspicion of (doing) something
He was arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs.

2. formal to stop something happening or to make it happen more slowly:
drugs used to arrest the spread of the disease

3. literary if something arrests you or arrests your attention, you notice it because it is interesting or unusual:
The mountains are the most arresting feature of the glen.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. arrest² noun [uncountable and countable]
when the police take someone away and guard them because they may have done something illegal:
The police made several arrests.
A man is under arrest (=the police are guarding him) following the suspicious death of his wife.
place/put somebody under arrest (=arrest someone)
He sued the police for wrongful arrest (=when someone who is not guilty is arrested).
⇒ house arrest, ⇒ cardiac arrest at cardiac

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

arrest
noun
ADJ. illegal, unlawful, wrongful | arbitrary | mass, widespread | citizen's He grabbed the intruder by the arm and said, ‘I am making a citizen's arrest.’
house Following the coup, parliamentary leaders were put under house arrest.
VERB + ARREST make | place sb under, put sb under | lead to A reward has been offered for information that leads to the arrest of the murderer.
avoid, escape, evade | resist He was charged with violent behaviour and resisting arrest.
ARREST + NOUN warrant
PREP. under ~ The man is now under arrest in London.
~ for They made 11 arrests for possession of drugs.
PHRASES the power of arrest The government may remove the power of arrest from military police.
under close arrest Woolley was placed under close arrest for mutiny.
a warrant for sb's arrest

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

catch to stop someone who is trying to escape, especially by running after them and then holding them:
He raced after her, but he couldn’t catch her.
The police caught the bank robbers after a car chase through the city.
arrest if the police arrest someone, they take him or her to a police station because they think that person has done something illegal:
Wayne was arrested for dangerous driving.
The police arrested him and charged him with murder.
apprehend formal if the police apprehend someone they think has done something illegal, they catch him or her:
The two men were later apprehended after they robbed another store.
The killers were never apprehended.
All of the kidnappers were apprehended and convicted.
capture to catch an enemy or a criminal in order to keep them as a prisoner:
The French king was captured by the English at the battle of Poitiers in 1356.
The gunmen were finally captured after a shoot-out with the police.
take somebody prisoner to catch someone, especially in a war, in order to keep them as a prisoner:
350 soldiers were killed and another 300 taken prisoner.
Ellison was taken prisoner by the Germans during the retreat to Dunkirk.
trap to make someone go to a place from which they cannot escape, especially by using your skill and intelligence:
Police trapped the man inside a bar on the city’s southside.
corner to force someone into a place from which they cannot escape:
He was cornered outside the school by three gang members.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

arrest
əˈrest
See: under arrest

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

arrest
Seizure of a ship by an authority of a court of law either as a debt security or to prevent the ship from departing until a dispute is settled.

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