arrest

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• December 19. 2012 by jonasmunk from wordnet.princeton.edu

  arrest — noun — english

  the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"

• January 15. 2013 from WordNet.dk

  arrest — noun — danish

  fængsel for anholdte, varetægtsfanger og lovovertr ... : Jeg var indsat i arresten for at afsone 60 dages fængsel | hendes søn sidder i arresten i Haderslev sigtet for ulovlig frihedsberøvelse

  • Discipline: politi
  • Synonym: arresthus
  • Generalization: anstalt, fængsel, spjæld, straffeanstalt
  • Contains: celle, fængselsgård, tag, væg

• February 26. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  arrest — noun — english

  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"

• March 21. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  arrest — verb — english

  take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

• March 21. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  arrest — verb — english

  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"

• March 21. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  arrest — verb — english

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

• March 21. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  arrest — verb — english

  cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"