Definitions for arrests

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arrests ar·rest

Spelling: [uh-rest]

IPA: /əˈrɛst/

Arrests is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 161 anagrams from letters in arrests (aerrsst).

Definitions for arrests

noun

1. the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
2. any seizure or taking by force.
3. an act of stopping or the state of being stopped:
4. Machinery. any device for stopping machinery; stop.

Idioms

1. under arrest, in custody of the police or other legal authorities:

verb (used with object)

1. to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody:
2. to catch and hold; attract and fix; engage:
3. to check the course of; stop; slow down:
4. Medicine/Medical. to control or stop the active progress of (a disease):

Origin of arrests

1275-1325; (v.) Middle English aresten Anglo-French, Middle French arester, Vulgar Latin *arrestāre to stop (see ar-, rest²); (noun)

Examples for arrests

Still images of each will be released today and a reward will be posted for information leading to their arrest.

Chan still felt that a line had been crossed and he went to arrest the man.

He went so far as to throw an “Activation Party” in their honor just weeks before his September arrest.

From the moment of their arrest, the examination proceeded with great rapidity.

Sullivan has by then moved in to help and he seeks to complete the arrest of the first man.

They may arrest me as a felon—at any rate I shall be forced to leave the bank and go away.

If you bring this home to Mr. Mortimer you will punish him, arrest him?

If I could only arrest those wonderful heat- and light-giving sparks!

If I see them look at each other, I'll put them both in arrest.

Those with a slightly sleazier bent have dredged up reports of his weight gain, substance abuse, and arrest.