arrest
21arrest — ► VERB 1) seize by legal authority and take into custody. 2) stop or check (progress or a process). 3) (arresting) attracting attention. ► NOUN 1) the action of arresting someone. 2) a sudden cessation of motion …
22Arrest — For other uses, see Arrest (disambiguation). Lucy Parsons after her arrest for rioting during an unemployment protest at Hull House in Chicago, Illinois. 1915 …
23arrest — arrestable, adj. arrestment, n. /euh rest /, v.t. 1. to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar. 2. to catch and hold; attract and fix; engage: The loud noise arrested our attention. 3.… …
24arrest — I n. detention 1) to make an arrest 2) to resist arrest 3) a citizen s; false arrest; house arrest 4) an arrest for, on charges of (to make an arrest for murder) 5) under arrest (to be under arrest; to place/put smb. under arrest) stoppage 6) a… …
25arrest — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ false, wrongful ▪ arbitrary ▪ mass ▪ citizen s ▪ He grabbed the intruder by the arm and said, ‘I am m …
26arrest — I UK [əˈrest] / US verb [transitive] Word forms arrest : present tense I/you/we/they arrest he/she/it arrests present participle arresting past tense arrested past participle arrested ** 1) if the police arrest someone, they take that person to a …
27arrest — ar|rest1 [ ə rest ] verb transitive ** 1. ) if the police arrest someone, they take that person to a police station because they believe he or she has committed a crime. Someone who has been arrested is under arrest, and if they are not allowed… …
28Arrest — Haft; Sicherheitsverwahrung; Gewahrsam; Gefängnis; Freiheitsentziehung (fachsprachlich); Freiheitsentzug * * * Ar|rest [a rɛst], der; [e]s, e: Haft, leichter Freiheitsentzug (besonders als Strafe innerhalb bestimmter Gemeinschaften): der Gefreite …
29arrest — To deprive a person of his liberty by legal authority. Taking, under real or assumed authority, custody of another for the purpose of holding or detaining him to answer a criminal charge or civil demand. State v. Ferraro, 81 N.J.Super. 213, 195 A …
30arrest — To deprive a person of his liberty by legal authority. Taking, under real or assumed authority, custody of another for the purpose of holding or detaining him to answer a criminal charge or civil demand. State v. Ferraro, 81 N.J.Super. 213, 195 A …
