ARREST

Arrest

An arrest is the act of depriving a person of his or her liberty usually in relation to the purported investigation or prevention of crime and presenting to a procedure as part of the criminal justice system. The term is Anglo-Norman in origin and is related to the French word arrêt, meaning "stop".

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arrest

Noun

  1. A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.
  2. The condition of being stopped, standstill.
  3. The act of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
  4. A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
  5. A device to physically arrest motion.
  6. The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
  7. Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.
  8. A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse.

Verb

  1. To stop the motion of (a person or animal).
  2. To stay, remain.
  3. To stop (a process, course etc.).
  4. To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
    The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry.
  5. To catch the attention of.


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