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Synonyms for arrest
əˈrɛstar·rest

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  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.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. arrestverb

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

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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. emprison

    take as prisoner

    Submitted by anonymous on February 2, 2021  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ARREST

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

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How to use arrest in a sentence?

  1. Peter Kraska:

    This( practice) has devolved into a mess once, it will again. Just stop. Just quit doing it, put legislation in place that brings back the original intent of the Fourth Amendment -- you've got to get a warrant, have to knock and announce, have to give proper notice, have to give time to answer the door, and if you need to engage in a risky arrest situation or volatile, dangerous arrest situation, figure out a different way to do it than to bust down a private resident's door and manufacture a really dangerous situation.

  2. Mae Hazelton:

    I will lay my body across the front of that [ courthouse ] and they will have to arrest me before they put the statue there.

  3. Sergei Pugachev:

    If we understand that Russia is not ready to soberly discuss the expropriation that took place, then the first thing you will see is the arrest of Russian property abroad, this can happen before a ruling: We are ready to do it tomorrow.

  4. Sergei Pugachev:

    We have worked out a detailed plan to preventatively arrest the property of Russia.

  5. Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman:

    But there are some times where we are dealing with subjects who are going to resist arrest, and so we have to move into that force continuum. And this is an appropriate tool.


Translations for arrest

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  • تَوقيف, اعتقل, اعتقالArabic
  • приковавам, задържане, арест, хващам, арестуване, аретир, спиране, арестувам, успокоител, спирам, задържамBulgarian
  • arrestCatalan, Valencian
  • zatknout, zadržet, zatčeníCzech
  • arestioWelsh
  • arrestere, bremse, anholde, standse, pågribe, stoppeDanish
  • Verhaftung, Festnahme, verhaften, festnehmen, arretieren, ArrestGerman
  • συλλαμβάνω, σύλληψηGreek
  • arestoEsperanto
  • parar, paro, arresto, detener, detenidoSpanish
  • دستگیر کردن, توقیف, دستگیریPersian
  • vangita, pysähtyminen, pidättäminen, pysähdys, pidätys, pysäyttää, pidättää, pysäyttäminen, esteFinnish
  • arrestation, arrêterFrench
  • coisc, gabhIrish
  • letartóztat, elfog, megállítHungarian
  • ձերբակալել, կալանք, ձերբակալությունArmenian
  • arrestareItalian
  • 検挙, 逮捕する, 捕えるJapanese
  • დაყოვნება, დაპატიმრება, დატუსაღება, შეჩერებაGeorgian
  • urutūMāori
  • хүлээлгэхMongolian
  • arrest, grijpen, vatten, aanhouden, stoppen, arresteren, in hechtenis nemen, oppakken, stilstand, arrestatie, stuiten, aanhoudingDutch
  • areszt, aresztować, powstrzymać, przykuć, aresztowaniePolish
  • deter, prisão, parar, prenderPortuguese
  • arestare, opri, arest, aresta, deține, deținereRomanian
  • арестовать, арест, арестовыватьRussian
  • uhićenjeSerbo-Croatian
  • stoppa, bromsa, fånga, gripaSwedish
  • nasaSwahili
  • จับตัว, ยั้ง, จับได้Thai
  • tevkif etmek, tutuklamaTurkish
  • گرفتاریUrdu

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