English

Detailed Synonyms for arrest in English

arrest:

to arrest verb (arrests, arrested, arresting)

  1. to arrest
    to arrest; apprehend; to pick up; to hold; to detain; to seize; to imprison
    • arrest verb (arrests, arrested, arresting)
    • apprehend verb
    • pick up verb (picks up, picked up, picking up)
    • hold verb (holds, held, holding)
    • detain verb (detains, detained, detaining)
    • seize verb (seizes, seized, seizing)
    • imprison verb (imprisons, imprisoned, imprisoning)
  2. to arrest
    to capture; take in custody; to arrest; to take prisoner
  3. to arrest
    – hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of 1
    to contain; to check; to stop; to arrest; to hold back; to turn back
    – hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of 1
    • contain verb (contains, contained, containing)
    • check verb (checks, checked, checking)
    • stop verb (stops, stopped, stopping)
    • arrest verb (arrests, arrested, arresting)
    • hold back verb (holds back, held back, holding back)
    • turn back verb (turns back, turned back, turning back)
  4. to arrest
    – take into custody 1
    to collar; to pick up; to nail; to cop; apprehend; to arrest; to nab
    – take into custody 1
    • collar verb (collars, collared, collaring)
    • pick up verb (picks up, picked up, picking up)
      • He was picked up for shoplifting.2
    • nail verb (nails, nailed, nailing)
      • He was nailed for extortion.2
    • cop verb (cops, coped, coping)
    • apprehend verb
      • The robber was apprehended in the act.2
    • arrest verb (arrests, arrested, arresting)
      • The thief was arrested and taken to jail.2
    • nab verb (nabs, nabbed, nabbing)
      • the police nabbed the suspected criminals1
  5. to arrest
    – attract and fix 1
    to get; to catch; to arrest
    – attract and fix 1
    • get verb (gets, got, getting)
    • catch verb (catches, catched, catching)
    • arrest verb (arrests, arrested, arresting)
  6. to arrest
    – cause to stop 1
    to hold; to arrest; to halt
    – cause to stop 1
    • hold verb (holds, held, holding)
    • arrest verb (arrests, arrested, arresting)
    • halt verb (halts, halted, halting)
      • halt the presses1

Conjugations for arrest:

present
  1. arrest
  2. arrest
  3. arrests
  4. arrest
  5. arrest
  6. arrest
simple past
  1. arrested
  2. arrested
  3. arrested
  4. arrested
  5. arrested
  6. arrested
present perfect
  1. have arrested
  2. have arrested
  3. has arrested
  4. have arrested
  5. have arrested
  6. have arrested
past continuous
  1. was arresting
  2. were arresting
  3. was arresting
  4. were arresting
  5. were arresting
  6. were arresting
future
  1. shall arrest
  2. will arrest
  3. will arrest
  4. shall arrest
  5. will arrest
  6. will arrest
continuous present
  1. am arresting
  2. are arresting
  3. is arresting
  4. are arresting
  5. are arresting
  6. are arresting
subjunctive
  1. be arrested
  2. be arrested
  3. be arrested
  4. be arrested
  5. be arrested
  6. be arrested
diverse
  1. arrest!
  2. let's arrest!
  3. arrested
  4. arresting
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

arrest [the ~] noun

  1. the arrest
    the arrest
  2. the arrest
    the arrest; the grab; the taking
  3. the arrest
    the deprivation of freedom; the apprehension; the arrest; the capture; the detention; the deprivation of liberty; the physical force
  4. the arrest
    the taking into custody; the arrest
  5. the arrest
    – the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) 1
    the catch; the collar; the apprehension; the pinch; the arrest; the taking into custody
    – the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) 1
  6. the arrest
    – the state of inactivity following an interruption 1
    the check; the stay; the stop; the hitch; the arrest; the halt; the stoppage
    – the state of inactivity following an interruption 1
    • check [the ~] noun
      • held them in check1
    • stay [the ~] noun
      • the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow1
    • stop [the ~] noun
      • he spent the entire stop in his seat1
    • hitch [the ~] noun
    • arrest [the ~] noun
      • the negotiations were in arrest1
    • halt [the ~] noun
      • during the halt he got some lunch1
    • stoppage [the ~] noun

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Related Definitions for "arrest":

  1. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)1
  2. the state of inactivity following an interruption1
    • the negotiations were in arrest1
  3. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of1
  4. take into custody1
    • The thief was arrested and taken to jail.2
  5. attract and fix1
  6. cause to stop1

Related Synonyms for arrest