arrestverb [ T ]
uk/əˈrest/us/əˈrest/arrest verb [ T ] (CATCH)
B1 If the police arrest someone, they take them away to ask them about a crime that they might have committed:
He was arrested when customs officers found drugs in his bag.
The police arrested her for drinking and driving.
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- He put up a fight when the police tried to arrest him.
- 23 people were arrested and large quantities of heroin were seized in a dawn raid.
- Police arrested several of the demonstrators.
- The burglars have been arrested but the jewellery is still missing.
- A woman and two men were arrested on the day after the explosion.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Arresting & charging
- apprehend
- apprehension
- assist
- attachment
- charge
- charge sheet
- chargeable
- hold
- house arrest
- knock
- lag
- Miranda
- nab
- pull sb in
- run
- run sb in
- take sb in
- the knock at/on the door idiom
- tighten
- tighten the net idiom
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arrest verb [ T ] (STOP)
formal to stop or interrupt the development of something:
The treatment has so far done little to arrest the spread of the cancer.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cancelling and interrupting
- adjourn
- adjourn to somewhere
- break
- call
- call sth off
- cancel
- cancellation
- curtail
- cut
- disturb
- in midstream idiom
- interrupt
- kick
- kick sth into touch idiom
- midstream
- mothball
- nullify
- pause
- shut (sth) off
- stop
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arrest verb [ T ] (MAKE NOTICE)
formal to attract or catch someone's attention:
A photo of a small boy arrested my attention.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Attracting and tempting
- affinity
- allure
- attract
- attraction
- bait
- charm
- charm the pants off sb idiom
- counterattraction
- crowd-puller
- cute
- disarm
- glitter
- magnet
- pulling power
- reel
- reel sb/sth in
- seduce
- seduction
- seductive
- spell
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arrestnoun [ C or U ]
uk/əˈrest/us/əˈrest/B2 the act of arresting someone:
Two arrests were made, but the men were later released without charge.
She was stopped outside the shop and placed/put under arrest.
More examples
- The bomb attack was in retaliation for the recent arrest of two well-known terrorists.
- His lawyer put him in the picture about what had happened since his arrest.
- The US lodged a formal protest against the arrest of the foreign reporters.
- After his arrest in 1998, he checked himself into rehab to get over his heroin addiction.
- wrongful arrest
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Arresting & charging
- apprehend
- apprehension
- assist
- attachment
- charge
- charge sheet
- chargeable
- hold
- house arrest
- knock
- lag
- Miranda
- nab
- pull sb in
- run
- run sb in
- take sb in
- the knock at/on the door idiom
- tighten
- tighten the net idiom
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