arrest1 verbarrest2 noun
arrestar‧rest1 /əˈrest/ ●●● S3 W2 verb [transitive] 
WORD ORIGINarrest1
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French arester ‘to rest, arrest’, from Vulgar Latin arrestare, from Latin ad- ‘to’ + restare ‘to remain, rest’VERB TABLE
arrest
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | arrest |
| he, she, it | arrests | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | arrested |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have arrested |
| he, she, it | has arrested | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had arrested |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will arrest |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have arrested |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am arresting |
| he, she, it | is arresting | |
| you, we, they | are arresting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was arresting |
| you, we, they | were arresting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been arresting |
| he, she, it | has been arresting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been arresting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be arresting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been arresting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Dwayne has been arrested for drunk driving again.
- Nine men were arrested in drug raids Saturday.
- Police arrested 26 demonstrators.
- Powerful drugs are used to arrest the spread of the disease.
- Smoking at an early age is thought to arrest growth in children.
- Wallace was arrested for assault.
- A woman had been arrested for soliciting.
- Accountant Freeman testified that Simpson has signed 19 contracts since he was arrested on double homicide charges.
- At least 15 people were arrested as clashes developed in the Ravenscliffe and Holme Wood areas.
- He had been arrested trying to steal lead from the roof of a church.
- However, student demonstrations erupted at Bangkok's Ramkhamhaeng University on Feb. 25, and 15 people were arrested for illegal assembly.
- On June 3 between six and eight members of left-wing parties were reported to have been arrested.
- Reportedly, two Houston police officers arrested a black woman for being drunk and disorderly.
- The suspects were arrested after questioning Thursday morning, the chief said, but have been released pending court appearances.
THESAURUS
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
to force someone into a place from which they cannot escape: · He was cornered outside the school by three gang members.
Longman Language Activatorwhen the police catch a criminal · Police say they are determined to catch the killer.· A lot of thieves never get caught.
if a police officer arrests someone they catch them, tell them officially that they have done something illegal, and take them away: · Police arrested twenty-six demonstrators.· Nine men were arrested in drug raids, Saturday.arrest somebody for something: · Wallace was arrested for assault.· Dwayne has been arrested for drunk driving again.
especially British to catch and punish someone for something illegal they have done: · They still haven't got the man who did it.
informal to catch someone and prove that they are guilty of a crime: · Police use radar to nail speeding drivers.nail somebody for something: · Myers was nailed for selling marijuana.
if the police take someone into custody , they take that person and put them in prison until they appear in court, because they think the person is guilty of a crime: · Officers took three suspects into custody Friday morning.· As soon as the plane landed, the men were taken into custody by waiting FBI agents.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
I got arrested for careless driving. Five youths were arrested in connection with the attack. He was arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the arbitrary arrests of political opponents Brown made a citizen’s arrest when a youth attempted to rob an elderly woman. Workers who broke the strike risked being attacked when they left the factory.
I got arrested for careless driving. Five youths were arrested in connection with the attack. He was arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs. the arbitrary arrests of political opponents (=when the heart stops working)
Brown made a citizen’s arrest when a youth attempted to rob an elderly woman.· The police arrested Mr Fox as he tried to leave the country.· Officer Singer said the police have made no arrests in the robbery.
Workers who broke the strike risked being attacked when they left the factory.· Anyone caught working with the Resistance was shot as a spy.
· Detectives arrested the suspect after a five-day undercover operation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· In the first few hours after the verdict, 60 people were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct.· Goldsmith, for example, paroled in 1987, was arrested on the firearms charge in 1992 and convicted in 1993.· The company's former vice-president, Sadamu Takagaki, was also arrested on similar charges.· Accountant Freeman testified that Simpson has signed 19 contracts since he was arrested on double homicide charges.· Soul was arrested on a charge of assault and spousal abuse and led away in handcuffs.· Pappas had been prepared to testify against Turner after he was arrested on drug charges.· That report showed there were more suspects arrested in 1999 on charges involving marijuana than for powder or crack cocaine.
· Profeto was arrested in connection only with the second killing but detectives said a link would soon be made.· At least 42 people were arrested in connection with the caches, said Gen.· A 40-year-old Liverpool man was arrested in connection with the assault.· Some 40 people have since been arrested in connection with the case, and they include police and lower-level state officials.· Six men have been arrested in connection with the violence.· Davis was arrested in connection with the crime on Nov. 30, 1993.· Eleven teenagers were arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of 10-year-old Damilola Taylor.· Elmer Lee Nance, a 63-year-old drifter, was arrested last fall in connection with the murder.
· He said a number of people had been arrested in connection with the crime but were later released without charge.· She picked Graham out of a police lineup after he was arrested for unrelated crimes.· In the end we were both arrested for several crimes.· A disgruntled Gulf War veteran was arrested for the crime, which killed 169 people.
· Michael Stein has been arrested for possession of drugs.· Pappas had been prepared to testify against Turner after he was arrested on drug charges.· March 6: Four people arrested and £1,000-worth of drugs seized after a bus is stopped on the Holywood Road in Belfast.· In August 1988, he was arrested for possessing illegal drug paraphernalia - syringes.· Todd Bridges BABY-faced actor Todd Bridges was arrested yesterday on drugs and firearms charges.· Meanwhile in San Diego, a society wife faces ruin when her millionaire husband is arrested as a suspected drug trafficker.· Janet Janet was thirty-one when she was arrested for possession of drugs.· Mohibullah was arrested at Heathrow after drugs were found smuggled in his suitcase.
· But if you were arrested for murder they would have to be very careful not to blow their cover.· How else would we account for black men being disproportionately arrested for robbery and murder?· Sacco, a factory worker, and Vanzetti, a fish pedlar, were arrested for the murder.· He wanted to know whether Wickham had arrested anyone for the murder because until then he could not face going to work.· But he realised they needed much more evidence before they could arrest him for murder.· When Creed called, Jed was watching a news report about a vulture who'd just been arrested on a murder charge.· Man arrested over schoolgirl murder A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of the schoolgirl from Kent, Claire Tiltman.
· And it was Justine that the police had arrested.· Last week, police arrested a motorist in Houston for driving a car with Republic of Texas license plates.· It's a serious attack on a defenceless child. Police arrested the baby's father at the scene.· The local police frequently arrested students for exceeding the speed limit or other minor infractions of the law.· The police arrested the offender who was tried and convicted of assault.· When officers approached the car, both males fled. Police arrested a male juvenile a short time later.· The 2 had been watched by police and were arrested shortly afterwards at their homes in Gloucester and Ruscombe near Stroud.· Brown wants state and federal officials to help police by arresting parole violators who are in the park.
· This point is proved by the officer who arrests the suspect stating that the defendant in court is the person involved.· It took nearly 18 years, thousands of hours and great expense for authorities to arrest a suspect in the Unabomber case.· No group claimed responsibility but the police were reported to have arrested three suspects.· Police recognized Moll and arrested him as a suspect in two grocery store robberies, also involving getaway cabs.· Detectives arrested the suspect at his home in Toxteth after a lengthy cat-and-mouse game involving surveillance experts.· Nor do they have the power to arrest or detain suspects.
· Three men were arrested on suspicion of causing violent disorder and were released on police bail.· A man found at the house, Ronald Lerma, 29, was arrested on suspicion of possessing a crack cocaine pipe.· On Nov. 29 a 19-year-old skinhead was arrested under suspicion of arson in connection with the Mölln attack.· Lombardy was stopped and arrested on suspicion of rape by force; rape with a foreign object and false imprisonment.· Kedie was initially arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs when police discovered £2,000 in cash in his house.· In August 1984, Benicia police arrested him on suspicion of molesting a 10-year-old girl.· The following day Gary Burn was arrested by police on suspicion of murder.· When police arrested Nestor Padron on suspicion of skimming meter receipts, he was carrying $ 850 in cash, Maher said.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1- An action of damages may be brought for false imprisonment. 3.
- But she was spared from that ordeal when Anthony Bourgois pleaded guilty to charges of false imprisonment and carrying a knife.
- He denies false imprisonment, assault and blackmail.
- If anyone prevents you from doing so, you can sue for false imprisonment.
- Lombardy was stopped and arrested on suspicion of rape by force; rape with a foreign object and false imprisonment.
- The boy admitted false imprisonment and wounding.
- The rest included allegations of wrongful arrest, false imprisonment and loss of property.
- Was recently awarded £30,000 damages against Thames Valley Police for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment.
- He, he was under house arrest.
- The editor of the party newspaper is under house arrest for printing a report about tanks being moved out of Tirana.
- We are not in darkest prison like our brothers and sisters in the flesh, but we are under house arrest.
- All claims by the employee, whether they be for unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal or redundancy are claims against the vendor.
- Every wrongful imprisonment could lead to a civil lawsuit against the city.
- He issued a writ claiming damages for wrongful dismissal.
- Now he is being tried for kidnapping, wrongful imprisonment and bodily injury.
- One point to clear up immediately is the widespread confusion between wrongful dismissal and unfair dismissal.
- So the trial led to the wrongful conviction of Al-Megrahi and the final betrayal of the bereaved families.
- The city is facing many claims for wrongful arrest, totalling millions of dollars.
- What do you stand to gain in a wrongful dismissal case?
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.► see thesaurus at catch2formal to stop something happening or to make it happen more slowly: The drug is used to arrest the spread of the disease.3literary 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.GRAMMAR: Comparisonarrest• The police arrest someone: · The police arrested a man as he fled the scene.• The police arrest someone for a crime: · He was arrested for robbery.• The police arrest someone for doing something: · They arrested him for possessing an illegal weapon.catch• The police catch someone: · The police believe they have caught the killer.• You catch someone doing something: · I caught him stealing money from my purse.arrest1 verbarrest2 noun
arrestarrest2 ●●● S3 W2 noun [countable, uncountable] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Guzman, twenty-five, was placed under arrest at his parents' home Friday.
- Kramer's confession led to the arrests of six others.
- Police made several arrests over the weekend in connection with last year's courthouse bombing.
- Bonnie Hanssen has been in seclusion since the arrest of her husband.
- In 1993 Operation Gangbusters led to 43 arrests.
- Last year, arrests jumped to 51, 000.
- Mr Emery reopened his store one day after his arrest, and said he will sell marijuana seeds by mail order.
- Police have issued an arrest warrant for Mr de Michelis's former secretary, Barbara Ceolin.
- Suppose it offers a large reward for some one's arrest.
- The police later claimed that he had resisted arrest.
- Toplis was eventually cornered by police, I believe in Cumberland, and the murderer was shot dead whilst resisting arrest.
Longman Language Activatorwhen you are forced to stay somewhere
if someone who the police think is guilty of a crime is in custody , they are kept in prison until it is time for them to be judged in a court: · Parry was in custody for a month before being released.be in police custody (=in a police station): · The activist died under suspicious circumstances while he was in police custody.be remanded in custody (=be sent back to prison from a court until your trial): · Three men and a woman have been remanded in custody on fraud charges.
if someone is under arrest , the police are keeping them guarded because they think they are guilty of a crime: · He's under arrest and may only be seen by his lawyer.be under house arrest (=not be allowed to leave your home): · The opposition leader has been under house arrest for the past few months.
when someone is being forced to stay in a place where they do not want to be - use this when this situation is illegal or wrong: · In his autobiography, Mandela describes his life during captivity.in captivity: · The hostages are now entering their fourth week in captivity.
when someone is being kept as a prisoner, especially as a punishment for a crime: · Johnson was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for causing a riot.· The offence is punishable by either a fine or imprisonment.life imprisonment (=for the rest of someone's life): · Garrison faces life imprisonment for his role in the killings.
when someone is being kept somewhere by the police, usually because they think that person has done something illegal and they want to ask them questions: · By the 1920s the average period of detention for new immigrants lasted two weeks.· A dissident, recently released from detention, gave a press conference in the capital today.in detention: · About a dozen people remain in detention without trial.take somebody into detention: · They were taken into detention two weeks ago and still are not allowed visitors.detention center (=a place where someone is kept by the police): · There was another riot at the men's detention center yesterday.juvenile detention (=a place that is like a prison for young people) American: · He was in and out of juvenile detention for drugs charges as a teenager.
when someone is being kept in a room, prison etc: · He was sentenced to 5 months of home confinement for the crime.solitary confinement (=the state of being kept completely alone): · Prisoners are punished by being put in solitary confinement.
to be kept in a place by the police if someone who the police think is guilty of a crime is in custody , they are kept in prison until it is time for them to be judged in a law court: · The twenty-seven militants now in custody were arrested in raids last month.be in police custody: · An inquiry has been launched following the death of a man in police custody.be held in custody: · A woman is being held in custody in connection with the murder.be remanded in custody British (=be sent back to prison from a court until your trial): · Naylor was remanded in custody by Huyton magistrates until June 17th.
if someone is under arrest , the police are keeping them guarded because they think they are guilty of a crime: · Police confirmed last night that Mr Joshi is under arrest.be under arrest for: · I'm afraid your son is under arrest for theft.
to be kept somewhere by the police or army so that you cannot leave, and especially so that they can ask you questions: · On Tuesday last week, Finnegan was detained and questioned by fraud squad officers.be detained for: · He was detained for questioning about the terrorist attacks.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The police made several arrests. A man is under arrest (=the police are guarding him) following the suspicious death of his wife. He sued the police for wrongful arrest (=when someone who is not guilty is arrested).COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the arbitrary arrests of political opponents Brown made a citizen’s arrest when a youth attempted to rob an elderly woman. Workers who broke the strike risked being attacked when they left the factory.
The police made several arrests. A man is under arrest (=the police are guarding him) following the suspicious death of his wife. (=arrest someone)
He sued the police for wrongful arrest (=when someone who is not guilty is arrested). the arbitrary arrests of political opponents (=when the heart stops working)
Brown made a citizen’s arrest when a youth attempted to rob an elderly woman.· The police arrested Mr Fox as he tried to leave the country.· Officer Singer said the police have made no arrests in the robbery.
Workers who broke the strike risked being attacked when they left the factory.· Anyone caught working with the Resistance was shot as a spy.
· Detectives arrested the suspect after a five-day undercover operation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· About 20% of patients recruited for this study were cardiac arrest survivors.· He went into cardiac arrest and was brought back to life immediately after the initial shock.· Hospital staff were puzzled after children collapsed with cardiac arrests and respiratory attacks.· He went into cardiac arrest again in the ambulance and once more at the hospital.· She then suffered a cardiac arrest 32 hours after admission.· She was by now in constant crisis; she was suffering repeated cardiac arrests.· Defibrillation Early defibrillation remains the most important determinant of survival in cardiac arrest victims.· According to legend, anyone who ever fired the weapon died of a broken heart or cardiac arrest.
· The rest included allegations of wrongful arrest, false imprisonment and loss of property.· The city is facing many claims for wrongful arrest, totalling millions of dollars.· Was recently awarded £30,000 damages against Thames Valley Police for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment.· Pending a successful appeal, Downing could claim for wrongful arrest and 27 years unlawful detention.
NOUN· He died under house arrest in Salamanca, uncompromising to the end.· Tried in Hanoi on charges of sedition, he died under house arrest in Hue fifteen years later.· They would be kept under house arrest within a fort until the yasak payment season came round.· He has grown reclusive in recent years, seemingly unaware that he is no longer under house arrest.· He was described as neither fit for questioning nor detention, but remains under house arrest.· Park then placed him under house arrest, while his captors went free, and later imprisoned him for sedition.· As punishment he received thirty days house arrest and a two-ducat fine!
· Police have issued an arrest warrant for Mr de Michelis's former secretary, Barbara Ceolin.· Hall said, but an arrest warrant was issued after Hall failed to appear in court on the charge.· After an investigation, police put out an arrest warrant on Mesa.· Two suspected murderers have had international arrest warrants issued against them and the Government's intention is to pursue those arrest warrants.· The object is to gather enough evidence and sift through all the forensics information needed to write an acceptable arrest warrant.· They also helped uncover a drug manufacturing lab and handled an arrest warrant, according to the State Attorney General's Office.
VERB· Despite limitations on their deployment, they kept making arrests.· Something had to be done, and Daley gave the orders: the police were told to start making arrests.· He hadn't made the arrest himself, but had been called in as back up.· I gulped at the prospect of making an arrest.· Nobody wants to fight and the police only make arrests if we telephone them ourselves to report trouble.· Attorney General Brewster made an attempt to punish the violators by ordering the local district attorney to make arrests.· We will introduce a new police power to make an arrest for breach of police bail.· Not only do the police fail to make arrests, sometimes they are the ones committing the crimes.
· Is it a crime to resist such an arrest?· He was killed by a shotgun blast while supposedly resisting arrest.· The accused was charged with one form of s.18, wounding with intent to resist arrest.· Twenty of the protesters were also cited for resisting arrest.· Other charges included resisting arrest and loitering.· Quoting a local source, Reuter said that the suspect and his family resisted arrest.· However, by then feelings were running so high Mr Pennell resisted arrest.· The incident began early Sunday when San Jose police began chasing the man for resisting arrest and drug use.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
when the police take someone away and guard them because they may have done something illegal: - An action of damages may be brought for false imprisonment. 3.
- But she was spared from that ordeal when Anthony Bourgois pleaded guilty to charges of false imprisonment and carrying a knife.
- He denies false imprisonment, assault and blackmail.
- If anyone prevents you from doing so, you can sue for false imprisonment.
- Lombardy was stopped and arrested on suspicion of rape by force; rape with a foreign object and false imprisonment.
- The boy admitted false imprisonment and wounding.
- The rest included allegations of wrongful arrest, false imprisonment and loss of property.
- Was recently awarded £30,000 damages against Thames Valley Police for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment.
- He, he was under house arrest.
- The editor of the party newspaper is under house arrest for printing a report about tanks being moved out of Tirana.
- We are not in darkest prison like our brothers and sisters in the flesh, but we are under house arrest.
- All claims by the employee, whether they be for unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal or redundancy are claims against the vendor.
- Every wrongful imprisonment could lead to a civil lawsuit against the city.
- He issued a writ claiming damages for wrongful dismissal.
- Now he is being tried for kidnapping, wrongful imprisonment and bodily injury.
- One point to clear up immediately is the widespread confusion between wrongful dismissal and unfair dismissal.
- So the trial led to the wrongful conviction of Al-Megrahi and the final betrayal of the bereaved families.
- The city is facing many claims for wrongful arrest, totalling millions of dollars.
- What do you stand to gain in a wrongful dismissal case?
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