ARREST


Meaning of ARREST in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ false , wrongful

▪ arbitrary

▪ mass

▪ citizen's

He grabbed the intruder by the arm and said, ‘I am making a citizen's ~.’

▪ house

Following the coup, the leaders were put under house ~.

▪ drug , drug-related , marijuana ( esp. AmE )

▪ drunk-driving , felony (both AmE )

VERB + ARREST

▪ make

▪ place sb under , put sb under

▪ order

Some members of the Convention ordered the ~ of Robespierre.

▪ lead to

A reward has been offered for information that leads to the ~ of the murderer.

▪ face

She faced ~ and prison if she returned to the country.

▪ avoid , escape , evade ( esp. BrE )

▪ resist

He was charged with resisting ~.

▪ protest ( AmE )

ARREST + NOUN

▪ warrant

▪ record ( AmE )

Many of the teenagers in the neighborhood already have ~ records.

▪ rate

The country's juvenile crime ~ rate increased by 25%. ( esp. AmE )

PREPOSITION

▪ under ~

The man is now under ~ in Rio.

▪ ~ for

They made ten ~s for possession of drugs.

PHRASES

▪ the power of ~

The government may remove the power of ~ from military police.

▪ a warrant for sb's ~

II.

verb

Arrest is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ authority , ↑ officer , ↑ police , ↑ policeman

Arrest is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ alien , ↑ decline , ↑ demonstrator , ↑ deterioration , ↑ development , ↑ murderer , ↑ protester , ↑ suspect

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .