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
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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