arrests
noun
- 1
A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.
- 2
The condition of being stopped, standstill.
- 3
The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
- 4
A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
- 5
A device to physically arrest motion.
- 6
The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
- 7
Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.
- 8
A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse.
verb
- 1
To stop the motion of (a person or animal).
- 2
To stay, remain.
- 3
To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
- 4
To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
“The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry.”
- 5
To catch the attention of.
- 6
To undergo cardiac arrest.
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