ARREST
- to take (a person) into legal custody
- to stop or check
- to catch and hold
- the taking of a person into legal custody
- stopping or being stopped
- in custody of the police or other legal authorities
- to seize and hold by legal authority [v ARRESTED, ARRESTING, ARRESTS] : ARRESTINGLY [adv], ARRESTIVE [adj]
- to bring to a standstill [v -ED, -ING, -S]