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Meaning of arrest
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arrest
n 1: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a
criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the
collar" [syn: {apprehension}, {arrest}, {catch}, {collar},
{pinch}, {taking into custody}]
2: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the
negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during
the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him
to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
[syn: {arrest}, {check}, {halt}, {hitch}, {stay}, {stop},
{stoppage}]
v 1: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected
criminals" [syn: {collar}, {nail}, {apprehend}, {arrest},
{pick up}, {nab}, {cop}]
2: 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"; "Contain the rebel
movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism" [syn: {check},
{turn back}, {arrest}, {stop}, {contain}, {hold back}]
3: attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye";
"Catch the attention of the waiter" [syn: {catch}, {arrest},
{get}]
4: cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress";
"halt the presses" [syn: {halt}, {hold}, {arrest}]
WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu
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