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ar⋅rest
[uh-rest] 
–verb (used with object)
| 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. | to check the course of; stop; slow down: to arrest progress. |
| 4. | Medicine/Medical. to control or stop the active progress of (a disease): The new drug did not arrest the cancer. |
–noun
—Idiom| 5. | the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law. |
| 6. | any seizure or taking by force. |
| 7. | an act of stopping or the state of being stopped: the arrest of tooth decay. |
| 8. | Machinery. any device for stopping machinery; stop. |
| 9. | under arrest, in custody of the police or other legal authorities: They placed the suspect under arrest at the scene of the crime. |
Origin:
1275–1325; (v.) ME aresten < AF, MF arester, < VL *arrestāre to stop (see ar-, rest 2 ); (n.) ME arest(e) < AF, OF, n. deriv. of v.
1275–1325; (v.) ME aresten < AF, MF arester, < VL *arrestāre to stop (see ar-, rest 2 ); (n.) ME arest(e) < AF, OF, n. deriv. of v.
Related forms:
ar⋅rest⋅a⋅ble, adjective
ar⋅rest⋅ment, noun
Synonyms:
1. apprehend. 2. secure, rivet, occupy. 3. stay. See stop. 5. detention, apprehension, imprisonment. 7. stoppage, halt, stay, check.
1. apprehend. 2. secure, rivet, occupy. 3. stay. See stop. 5. detention, apprehension, imprisonment. 7. stoppage, halt, stay, check.
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under arrest
In police custody, as in They put him under arrest and charged him with stealing a car. [Late 1300s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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