Meaning of arrest In English

• 0 If the police arrest someone, they take them away to ask them about a crime that they might have committed:

  • He was arrested when customs officers found drugs in his bag.

  • The police arrested her for drinking and driving.

• 1 to stop or interrupt the development of something:

  • The treatment has so far done little to arrest the spread of the cancer.

• 2 to attract or catch someone's attention:

  • A photo of a small boy arrested my attention.

• 3 the act of arresting someone:

  • Two arrests were made, but the men were later released without charge.

  • She was stopped outside the shop and placed/put under arrest.

• 4 (of the police) to use legal authority to catch and take someone to a place where the person may be accused of a crime:

  • Kansas City police arrested a bank robber.

• 5 to stop or slow an activity:

  • Antibiotics arrest the development of harmful bacteria.

• 6 the act of using legal authority to catch and take someone to a place where the person may be accused of a crime:

  • [ C ] FBI agents made the arrest.

  • [ U ] He was placed under arrest by federal marshals.