arrest
31arrest — ar|rest1 W3 [əˈrest] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: arester to rest, arrest , from Vulgar Latin arrestare, from Latin ad to + restare to remain, rest ] 1.) if the police arrest someone, the person is taken to a ↑police station… …
32Arrest — 50° 07′ 48″ N 1° 37′ 03″ E / 50.13, 1.6175 …
33arrest — 1 verb (T) 1 if the police arrest you, they take you away because they think you have done something illegal: Police arrested 26 demonstrators, over half of them women. | arrest sb for sth: Wayne was arrested for dangerous driving. 2 formal to… …
34arrest*/*/ — [əˈrest] verb [T] I 1) if the police arrest someone, they take that person to a police station because they think that he or she has committed a crime Police raided the building and arrested six men.[/ex] He was arrested for possession of illegal …
35arrest — [[t]əre̱st[/t]] ♦♦ arrests, arresting, arrested 1) VERB 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. [V n] Police arrested five young men in connection… …
36Arrest — Ar|rẹst 〈m.; Gen.: (e)s, Pl.: e; Rechtsw.〉 1. Arrest für Personen Haft, Freiheitsentzug, leichte Freiheitsstrafe; jmd. bekommt drei Tage leichten, schweren, verschärften Arrest 2. persönlicher Arrest Verhaftung eines Schuldners 3. Arrest von… …
37arrest — 01. Police have [arrested] a suspect in the murder of a local convenience store owner. 02. Only one of the three robbers was [arrested]; the other two got away. 03. According to the [arresting] officer, the suspect made a full confession at the… …
38arrest — The taking, seizing or detaining of the person of another, accomplished by (1) touching or putting hands on the person to be detained; (2) or by any act that indicates an intention to take him into custody and that subjects him to the actual… …
39arrest — 1. To stop, check, or restrain. 2. A stoppage; interference with, or checking of, the regular course of a disease, a symptom, or the performance of a function. 3. Inhibition of a developmental process, usually at the ultimate stage of… …
40arrest — {{11}}arrest (n.) late 14c., from Anglo Fr. arest, O.Fr. areste, from arester (see ARREST (Cf. arrest) (v.)). {{12}}arrest (v.) to cause to stop, also to detain legally, late 14c., from O.Fr. arester to stay, stop (Mod.Fr. arrêter), from V.L.… …
