ARREST


Meaning of ARREST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ərest ]

( arrests, arresting, arrested)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.

Police arrested five young men in connection with one of the attacks...

The police say seven people were arrested for minor offences.

VERB : V n , be V-ed for n

Arrest is also a noun.

Police chased the fleeing terrorists and later made two arrests...

Murder squad detectives approached the man and placed him under arrest.

N-VAR : oft under N

2.

If something or someone arrests a process, they stop it continuing. ( FORMAL )

The sufferer may have to make major changes in his or her life to arrest the disease...

VERB : V n

3.

If something interesting or surprising arrests your attention, you suddenly notice it and then continue to look at it or consider it carefully. ( FORMAL )

The work of an architect of genius always arrests the attention no matter how little remains...

VERB : V n

4.

see also house arrest

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