arrest

About 13.48 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.

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2. noun The condition of being stopped, standstill.

   cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest

3. noun The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.

   State police made a total of 15 drug-related arrests across the city.

4. noun A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.

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5. noun A device to physically arrest motion.
6. noun The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
7. noun Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.
8. noun A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse

Similar words

nab apprehend apprehension get pick up catch hold turn back hold back stoppage

Often followed by

of and the in him or for was is

Word family

arrested arrester arresters arresting arrestment arrestments arrestor arrestors arrests