Synonyms for arrest
əˈrɛstar·rest

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1. arrest

   The legal term arrest carries always the implication of a legal offense; this is true even of arresting for debt. But one may be detained by process of law when no offense is alleged against him, as in the case of a witness who is held in a house of detention till a case comes to trial. One may be restrained of his liberty without arrest, as in an insane asylum; an individual or corporation may be restrained by injunction from selling certain property. In case of an arrest, an officer may secure his prisoner by fetters, by a locked door, or other means effectually to prevent escape. Capture is commonly used of seizure by armed force; as, to capture a ship, a fort, etc. Compare HINDER; OBSTRUCT.

   Synonyms:
   apprehend, capture, catch, detain, hold, make prisoner, restrain, secure, seize, stop, take into custody, take prisoner

   Antonyms:
   discharge, dismiss, free, liberate, release, set free

   Preposition:
   Arrested for crime, on suspicion, by the sheriff; on, upon, or by virtue of a warrant; on final process; in execution.

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1. arrestverb

   Synonyms:
   seize, take, stop, capture, withhold, restrain, hold, detain, apprehend

   Antonyms:
   release, dismiss, liberate, free, discharge, expedite

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1. apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custodynoun

   the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

   "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"

   Synonyms:
   hitch, hint, touch, understanding, mite, jot, stoppage, apprehension, catch, halt, shoe collar, dog collar, snap, match, snatch, tinge, soupcon, exigency, speck, neckband, collar, taking into custody, leash, stop, discernment, misgiving, emergency, tweak, pinch, stay, apprehensiveness, dread, savvy, gimmick, grab, haul, choker, check

2. arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppageverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   hitch, verification, enlistment, limp, full stop, stoppage, apprehension, hindrance, halt, impediment, chip, tab, interference, handicap, tick, check-out procedure, occlusion, confirmation, point, freeze, check mark, pinch, cheque, block, tour of duty, stop consonant, baulk, term of enlistment, diaphragm, checkout, taking into custody, duty tour, hinderance, hobble, blockage, curb, chit, stop, layover, rub, occlusive, plosive, collar, plosive speech sound, period, substantiation, stay, hang-up, tour, deterrent, encumbrance, catch, balk, stopover, plosive consonant, preventive, incumbrance, bank check, full point, preventative, snag, assay, bridle, closure, check

3. collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, copverb

   take into custody

   "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

   Synonyms:
   quail at, cop, uplift, peck, hook, savvy, hear, complete, get, dig, percolate, hold back, nail, glom, nail down, pass with flying colors, perk up, smash, gather up, get word, nab, snitch, boom, call for, see, find out, turn back, grasp, perk, halt, gain vigor, knock off, ace, compass, receive, sweep through, stop, sail through, get the picture, pinpoint, collar, turn around, apprehend, get a line, comprehend, lift up, peg, intoxicate, pick up, breeze through, contain, elate, catch, thieve, blast, grok, learn, get wind, hold, collect, discover, check

4. check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold backverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   ensure, hold on, hold in, bar, collar, jibe, incorporate, tick off, control, carry, fit, gibe, run off, hold, moderate, cop, learn, checker, barricade, check out, mark off, retain, stop, pick up, condition, double back, assure, finish, tally, comprise, reverse, return, suss out, kibosh, check off, check over, stop over, match, check up on, cease, look into, ascertain, mark, insure, regress, forbear, go over, check, train, hold back, lay off, retrovert, quit, chase away, hold off, take, conceal, halt, block, catch, find out, see, discipline, terminate, wait, drive off, get, give up, nail, backtrack, intercept, revert, correspond, curb, restrain, keep, drive away, keep back, check into, blockade, contain, invert, bear, determine, nab, dispel, retard, crack, turn back, watch, block off, break off, see to it, break, discontinue, end, block up, tick, chequer, drive out, apprehend, agree, delay

5. catch, arrest, getverb

   attract and fix

   "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"

   Synonyms:
   pick up, collar, catch up with, sire, mystify, experience, develop, watch, stupefy, have, hold, overhear, cop, receive, scram, commence, stop, go, stimulate, bewitch, drive, engender, trance, fix, pay back, suffer, sustain, stick, set about, get down, fascinate, enamor, becharm, incur, draw, contract, bring forth, grow, dumbfound, beat, start, set out, take hold of, check, hold back, fetch, bring, bewilder, see, mother, take, buzz off, catch, let, make, beget, puzzle, flummox, entrance, get, generate, capture, grab, find, become, amaze, obtain, enamour, start out, convey, view, vex, enchant, aim, induce, hitch, perplex, overtake, gravel, begin, contain, father, trip up, get under one's skin, nab, beguile, nail, captivate, arrive, turn back, produce, acquire, come, pay off, pose, bugger off, cause, take in, halt, nonplus, apprehend, charm, baffle

6. halt, hold, arrestverb

   cause to stop

   "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"

   Synonyms:
   accommodate, staunch, book, retain, get, moderate, view as, support, apply, hold back, harbour, defend, take hold, bind, deem, hold up, cop, take, have, concord, stanch, check, make, block, take for, go for, throw, kibosh, control, turn back, harbor, catch, keep, obligate, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, nab, nurse, oblige, curb, stop, nail, pick up, defy, collar, confine, apprehend, have got, restrain, declare, withstand, agree, stem, halt, contain, obtain, maintain, guard, concur, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, admit, hold, hold in, bear

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1. • Attract
   • Defend
   • Stop

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1. emprison

   take as prisoner

   Submitted by anonymous on February 2, 2021  

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1. arrestverb

   Synonyms:
   stop, stay, check, interrupt, obstruct, hinder, delay, detain, restrain, hold, withhold, keep back

2. arrestverb

   Synonyms:
   seize, apprehend, take, capture, catch, take up, take into custody, take prisoner

3. arrestverb

   Synonyms:
   engage, fix, engross, occupy, rivet

4. arrestnoun

   Synonyms:
   staying, stopping, hinderance, obstruction

5. arrestnoun

   Synonyms:
   seizure, capture, detention

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1. arrestnoun

   Synonyms:
   apprehension, capture, detention, custody, duress, stoppage, restraint, interruption, hindrance, prevention

   Associated words:
   capias, warrant

2. arrestverb

   Synonyms:
   apprehend, stop, check, restrain, stunt, dwarf

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1. List of paraphrases for "arrest":

   detention, arrested, arrests, arresting, apprehension, stop, detain, detains, capture, apprehend, custody, stopping, judgment, detained, detaining, detentions, halt, warrant, imprisonment, bust, residence, seizure, netted

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1. ARREST

   Synonyms:
   (1) Amiodarone for Resuscitation in Refractory Sustained Tachycardia (2) AngioRad™ Radiation for Restenosis

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1. Kendall Coffey:

   The lead investigator, the person on the scene, the person that normally law enforcement would say is in the best position to there is prospect in arrest, he apparently was effectively overruled by people sitting back at the office. It does happen, but it certainly raises a lot of questions.”

2. Julian AssangeA:

   The UK has said Ecuadorian Embassy will arrest me regardless, the The UK CIA Director( Mike) Pompeo and the The UK attorney general have said that I and other WikiLeaks staff have no... First Amendment rights, that my arrest and the arrest( of) my other staff is a priority. That is not acceptable.

3. Kendall Coffey:

   They better be darn ready to show a detailed file of all of the other steps they took before they overruled the [lead investigator’s] judgment, the person in the best position to determine whether or not there was probably cause to arrest George Zimmerman.”

4. Former NYPD Commissioner Howard Safir:

   As criminals see the police restrained by new laws, policy and regulations that restrict tactics like stop and frisk or broken windows, they no longer fear the police and certainty of arrest, while in the past, they would not carry their weapons because of fear of arrest, they now do, and therefore the opportunity for armed confrontations with police significantly increases.

5. Verena Strnad:

   Austria has issued five European arrest warrants, all of which have now been fulfilled, a person in Bulgaria was recently arrested under one of the European arrest warrants.