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What does arrest mean?
To arrest someone is to seize them or take them into custody with authority.
Related to that, an arrest is the act of police or other law enforcement officials detaining someone suspected of committing a crime when there is probable cause.
Arrest can also more generally mean to attract and engage, such as with attention or sight. For example, a loud clap of thunder might arrest your attention for a moment, if you weren’t expecting it.
Arrest also means to slow or stop, such as with progress or growth. You might, for example, arrest the growth of a plant by keeping it in the dark while continuing to water it. Such an arrest could lead the plant to die.
Example: You are under arrest for conspiracy to commit grand theft auto.
Where does arrest come from?
The first records of the term arrest come from around the 1200s. It comes from the Vulgar Latin arrestāre, meaning “to stop.” Often arresting someone or something is done in an effort to stop them from doing something or from running away.
In medicine, to arrest is to control or stop the progress, such as of a disease. The disease isn’t cured but it won’t get any worse if doctors can arrest it. Sometimes arrest is also used in reference to parts of the body stopping, such as cardiac arrest, which means your heart stops beating.
You might also hear about arrested development, which is development that has been stopped before it has been completed. A person with a physical arrested development is someone whose body did not fully grow, or develop, completely.
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What are some other forms related to arrest?
- arrestable (adjective)
- postarrest (adjective)
- prearrest (verb)
- rearrest (verb)
- unarrestable (adjective)
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How is arrest used in real life?
Arrest is a common word usually used in relation to criminal justice but also used in the sciences.
*jake paul gets arrested*
jake – "the cops and I have mutually decided to arrest me, thank you to all involved!!"
— RyansAverageLife (@RyanAbe) July 23, 2017
BREAKING / NBC News: DOJ announces the arrest of Russian National Mariia Butina, age 29, for "infiltrating organizations having influence in American politics, for the purpose of advancing the interests of the Russian Federation."
She was arrested yesterday.
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) July 16, 2018
I'll try my best, how much do I invest? like cardiac arrest, high voltage when we kiss.
— michael clifford on tour (@Michael5SOS) January 1, 2016
Try using arrest!
Which of the following is NOT a synonym for arrest?
A. free
B. capture
C. secure
D. seize
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see under arrest.