Arrest meaning

What does “arrest” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“arrest” is a noun and verb with 6 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal).

arrest

the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
“the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar”
Synonymsapprehension catch collar pinch taking into custody
the state of inactivity following an interruption
“the negotiations were in arrest”
“held them in check”
Synonymscheck halt hitch stay stop stoppage

take into custody
“the police nabbed the suspected criminals”
Synonymscollar nail apprehend pick up nab cop
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
“Arrest the downward trend”
“Check the growth of communism in South East Asia”
Synonymscheck turn back stop contain hold back
attract and fix
“His look caught her”
“She caught his eye”
Synonymscatch get
cause to stop
“Halt the engines”
“Arrest the progress”
Synonymshalt hold

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University