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arrest — vb 1 Arrest, check, interrupt mean to stop in mid course. Arrest implies a holding fixed in the midst of movement, development, or progress and usually a prevention of further advance until someone or something effects a release {arrest the… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
arrest — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English aresten, from Anglo French arester to stop, arrest, from Vulgar Latin *arrestare, from Latin ad + restare to remain more at rest Date: 14th century 1. a. to bring to a stop < sickness arrested his… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Arrest — Ar*rest , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arrested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arresting}.] [OE. aresten, OF. arester, F. arr[^e]ter, fr. LL. arrestare; L. ad + restare to remain, stop; re + stare to stand. See {Rest} remainder.] 1. To stop; to check or hinder the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
arrest — [n1] taking into custody accommodation, apprehension, appropriation, bag*, booby trap*, bust, captivity, capture, collar, commitment, confinement, constraint, crimp*, detention, drop*, fall*, gaff*, glom*, grab*, heat*, hook*, imprisonment,… … New thesaurus
arrest the attention — index occupy (engage) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
arrest — [ə rest′] vt. [ME aresten < OFr arester < VL * arrestare < L ad , to + restare, to stop, REST3] 1. to stop or check the motion, course, or spread of 2. to seize or take into custody by authority of the law 3. to catch and keep (one s… … English World dictionary
arrest — ► VERB 1) seize by legal authority and take into custody. 2) stop or check (progress or a process). 3) (arresting) attracting attention. ► NOUN 1) the action of arresting someone. 2) a sudden cessation of motion … English terms dictionary
Attention — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Attention >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 attention attention Sgm: N 1 mindfulness mindfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 intentness intentness intentiveness Sgm: N 1 alertness alertness Sgm: N 1 thought … English dictionary for students
arrest — 1 verb (T) 1 if the police arrest you, they take you away because they think you have done something illegal: Police arrested 26 demonstrators, over half of them women. | arrest sb for sth: Wayne was arrested for dangerous driving. 2 formal to… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
arrest — [[t]əre̱st[/t]] ♦♦ arrests, arresting, arrested 1) VERB If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime. [V n] Police arrested five young men in connection… … English dictionary
Arrest and prosecution of Radovan Karadžić — Radovan Karadžić was arrested in Belgrade and extradited into International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia custody in The Hague in July 2008, as the 44th Serb suspect sent to The Hague [… … Wikipedia
