Arrest
verb
To take somebody into police control.
The officer arrested the thief at the spot.
Often appears as...
- under arrest
- arrest warrant
noun
Act of taking someone into custody.
The arrest of the burglar scared the neighborhood kids.
Often appears as...
- make an arrest
- place under arrest
verb
To seize, prevent from progress.
The game was arrested due to rain.
Often appears as...
- arrest development
- arrest growth
noun
Stopping of a process.
The arrest of the machine caused a major delay in production.
Often appears as...
- arrest of growth
- arrest of development
verb
To stop illness from worsening.
The antibiotic helped to arrest the spread of infection in the patient's body.
Often appears as...
- arrest an infection
- arrest a disease
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Formal
verb
To take somebody into police control.
The officer arrested the thief at the spot.
Often appears as...
- under arrest
- arrest warrant
noun
Act of taking someone into custody.
The arrest of the burglar scared the neighborhood kids.
Often appears as...
- make an arrest
- place under arrest
verb
To seize, prevent from progress.
The game was arrested due to rain.
Often appears as...
- arrest development
- arrest growth
noun
Stopping of a process.
The arrest of the machine caused a major delay in production.
Often appears as...
- arrest of growth
- arrest of development
verb
To stop illness from worsening.
The antibiotic helped to arrest the spread of infection in the patient's body.
Often appears as...
- arrest an infection
- arrest a disease
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Police Action
Used to describe official police conduct, typically serious.
He was arrested for shoplifting.
Pro Tip 2/3Immediate Control
Implies that the suspect is directly and quickly restrained.
Upon seeing the evidence, the officer arrested the suspect.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Process
Start of a legal process where rights are read to the individual.
After his arrest, he was read his Miranda rights.
Pro Tip 1/3Police Action
Used to describe official police conduct, typically serious.
He was arrested for shoplifting.
Pro Tip 2/3Immediate Control
Implies that the suspect is directly and quickly restrained.
Upon seeing the evidence, the officer arrested the suspect.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Process
Start of a legal process where rights are read to the individual.
After his arrest, he was read his Miranda rights.
Pro Tip 1/3Police Action
Used to describe official police conduct, typically serious.
He was arrested for shoplifting.
Pro Tip 2/3Immediate Control
Implies that the suspect is directly and quickly restrained.
Upon seeing the evidence, the officer arrested the suspect.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Process
Start of a legal process where rights are read to the individual.
After his arrest, he was read his Miranda rights.
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Pain Before the Shot PIPE...
had a really tough time out there and we're getting arrested and it was wintertime and it was really miserable the food was terrible and and we had this crew and they they after after a while they kind of they kind of got it but like here was this crazy son of a gun who was risking his life to take pictures or landscape and thought it was
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What makes something...
and made to go through a bewildering process where neither the cause of his arrest, nor the nature of the judicial proceedings are made clear to him. This sort of scenario is considered so characteristic of Kafka's work that scholars came up with a new word for it.
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Boniface Mwangi: The day...
Can I say one more thing? Yeah, of course. In spite of being arrested, beaten up, threatened, the moment I discovered my voice, that I could actually stand up for what I really believed in, I'm no longer afraid. I used to be called softy, but I'm no longer softy,
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How did Hitler rise to...
to grant him emergency powers. Within a matter of months, freedom of the press was abolished, other parties were disbanded, and anti-Jewish laws were passed. Many of Hitler's early radical supporters were arrested and executed, along with potential rivals,
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The five major world...
outcasts, sinners, and saints all eating together. He had only three years before his unconventional wisdom got him into trouble. His enemies had him arrested, and he was executed by Rome in the standard means by which rabble-rousers were put to death,
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Where do superstitions...
just before being arrested and crucified. The resulting idea that having thirteen people at a table was bad luck eventually expanded into thirteen being an unlucky number in general. Now, this fear of the number thirteen, called triskaidekaphobia,
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5 Reasons Ants Are...
football pitches laid end to end and they're not traveling empty-handed each ant carries a lava or a pupa hung below her body the equivalent of us running a marathon while carrying a sack of potatoes and not stopping for arrest
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On sincere and authentic...
convention where women set out to get the right to vote worked hard struggled starved marched that arrested all the rest when finally the amendment passed the headline said women given the right to vote no not given fought for
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Hyeonseo Lee: My escape...
But even after we got past the border, my family was arrested and jailed for illegal border crossing. After I paid the fine and bribe, my family was released in one month.
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Cabbin Stabbin' PIPE Alaska...
I didn't do anything them being arrested for no reason take me to jail said you can mound troopers find a weapon nearby
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Pain Before the Shot PIPE...
had a really tough time out there and we're getting arrested and it was wintertime and it was really miserable the food was terrible and and we had this crew and they they after after a while they kind of they kind of got it but like here was this crazy son of a gun who was risking his life to take pictures or landscape and thought it was
Video examples
What makes something...
and made to go through a bewildering process where neither the cause of his arrest, nor the nature of the judicial proceedings are made clear to him. This sort of scenario is considered so characteristic of Kafka's work that scholars came up with a new word for it.
Video examples
Boniface Mwangi: The day...
Can I say one more thing? Yeah, of course. In spite of being arrested, beaten up, threatened, the moment I discovered my voice, that I could actually stand up for what I really believed in, I'm no longer afraid. I used to be called softy, but I'm no longer softy,
Video examples
How did Hitler rise to...
to grant him emergency powers. Within a matter of months, freedom of the press was abolished, other parties were disbanded, and anti-Jewish laws were passed. Many of Hitler's early radical supporters were arrested and executed, along with potential rivals,
Video examples
The five major world...
outcasts, sinners, and saints all eating together. He had only three years before his unconventional wisdom got him into trouble. His enemies had him arrested, and he was executed by Rome in the standard means by which rabble-rousers were put to death,
Video examples
Where do superstitions...
just before being arrested and crucified. The resulting idea that having thirteen people at a table was bad luck eventually expanded into thirteen being an unlucky number in general. Now, this fear of the number thirteen, called triskaidekaphobia,
Video examples
5 Reasons Ants Are...
football pitches laid end to end and they're not traveling empty-handed each ant carries a lava or a pupa hung below her body the equivalent of us running a marathon while carrying a sack of potatoes and not stopping for arrest
Video examples
On sincere and authentic...
convention where women set out to get the right to vote worked hard struggled starved marched that arrested all the rest when finally the amendment passed the headline said women given the right to vote no not given fought for
Video examples
Hyeonseo Lee: My escape...
But even after we got past the border, my family was arrested and jailed for illegal border crossing. After I paid the fine and bribe, my family was released in one month.
Video examples
Cabbin Stabbin' PIPE Alaska...
I didn't do anything them being arrested for no reason take me to jail said you can mound troopers find a weapon nearby
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Quote examples
Alex Azar
American Politician
The best advice I have is, actually present yourself at a legal border crossing and make your case. Cross illegally and get arrested, and your children will be given to us. That's the simple fact, I'm afraid.
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Lil Yachty
American Musician
I was in college and got arrested. It was a real scare for me/wake-up call/'Man, you better do something with your life 'cause you don't wanna be a bum' call. That's really why I took music serious.
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Emma Healey
British Novelist
I tried to help a shirtless man who was being arrested in Starbucks. He obviously wasn't right in the head, but the police thought I was trying to make things worse.
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Joe Rogan
American Comedian
It never hurt Lenny Bruce's career to get arrested for swearing. It did back in the time, but he broke those doors down by doing the stuff that he believed in.
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David Cassidy
American Actor
I wasn't ever a bad guy, and I was never arrested or anything like that, but I was a wild boy in many respects.
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Paula White
American Public Servant
I preach in countries if I say 'Jesus Christ is the only way, the truth and the life,' they'll arrest me.
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Asma Jahangir
Pakistani Activist
Look at the world, all the suffering... Being under house arrest is the least I can sacrifice.
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Charles Barkley
American Baseball Player
When the cops are trying to arrest you, if you fight back, things go wrong.
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James Huneker
American Writer
Great art is an instant arrested in eternity.
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Paulo Coelho
Brazilian Novelist
I was arrested three times and tortured once.
Quote examples
Alex Azar
American Politician
The best advice I have is, actually present yourself at a legal border crossing and make your case. Cross illegally and get arrested, and your children will be given to us. That's the simple fact, I'm afraid.
Quote examples
Lil Yachty
American Musician
I was in college and got arrested. It was a real scare for me/wake-up call/'Man, you better do something with your life 'cause you don't wanna be a bum' call. That's really why I took music serious.
Quote examples
Emma Healey
British Novelist
I tried to help a shirtless man who was being arrested in Starbucks. He obviously wasn't right in the head, but the police thought I was trying to make things worse.
Quote examples
Joe Rogan
American Comedian
It never hurt Lenny Bruce's career to get arrested for swearing. It did back in the time, but he broke those doors down by doing the stuff that he believed in.
Quote examples
David Cassidy
American Actor
I wasn't ever a bad guy, and I was never arrested or anything like that, but I was a wild boy in many respects.
Quote examples
Paula White
American Public Servant
I preach in countries if I say 'Jesus Christ is the only way, the truth and the life,' they'll arrest me.
Quote examples
Asma Jahangir
Pakistani Activist
Look at the world, all the suffering... Being under house arrest is the least I can sacrifice.
Quote examples
Charles Barkley
American Baseball Player
When the cops are trying to arrest you, if you fight back, things go wrong.
Quote examples
James Huneker
American Writer
Great art is an instant arrested in eternity.
Quote examples
Paulo Coelho
Brazilian Novelist
I was arrested three times and tortured once.
Example 1 of 10
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