Definition of arrests Arrests
/ɚɛˈsts/ - [erests] -
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What does arrests mean?
Wiktionary 
- arrests (Noun)
Plural of arrest.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
NounPlural: arrests |
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| arrest - 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" | ||
| check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage | ||
| inaction, inactiveness, inactivity the state of being inactive | ||
| countercheck something that checks the correctness of a previous check | ||
| arrest - the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" | ||
| apprehension, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody | ||
| gaining control, seizure, capture the taking possession of something by legal process | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- arrest (v. t.)
To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses. - arrest (v. t.)
To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime. - arrest (v. t.)
To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention. - arrest (v. t.)
To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate. - arrest (v. i.)
To tarry; to rest. - arrest (v. t.)
The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development. - arrest (v. t.)
The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant. - arrest (v. t.)
Any seizure by power, physical or moral. - arrest (v. t.)
A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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To seize and keep prisoner. -
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The act of depriving a person of his or her liberty usually in relation to the purported investigation or prevention of crime and presenting to a procedure as part of the criminal justice system. -
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To cause to stop (e.g. an engine or a machine). -
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To hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of. -
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To attract and fix (e.g. someone or his/her eyes).
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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arrest
ar-rest′, v.t. to stop: to seize: to catch the attention: to apprehend by legal authority.—n. stoppage: seizure by warrant.—adj. Arrest′able, liable to be arrested.—n. Arrestā′tion, the act of arresting: arrest.—adj. Arrest′ive, with a tendency to arrest.—n. Arrest′ment (law), detention of a person arrested till liberated on bail, or by security: (Scots law) the process which prohibits a debtor from making payment to his creditor until another debt due to the person making use of the arrestment by such creditor is paid. [O. Fr. arester—L. ad, to, restāre, to stand still.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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The suspension of an officer's duty, and restraint of his person, previous to trying him by a court martial. Seamen in Her Majesty's service cannot be arrested for debts under twenty pounds, and that contracted before they entered the navy. Yet it is held in law, that this affords no exemption from arrests either in civil or criminal suits.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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The temporary confinement of officers in barracks, quarters, or tents, pending trial by court-martial, or the consideration of their imputed offenses previous to deciding whether they shall or shall not be tried. (See APPENDIX, ARTICLES OF WAR, 65.) Private soldiers are usually placed under guard; by the custom of the service non-commissioned officers may be simply placed in arrest in quarters. Appendix: 65. Officers charged with crime shall be arrested and confined in their barracks, quarters, or tents, and deprived of their swords by the commanding officer. And any officer who leaves his confinement before he is set at liberty by his commanding officer shall be dismissed from the service. -
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(Old Fr., now arret). A French phrase, similar in its import to the Latin word retinaculum; it consisted of a small piece of steel or iron, which was formerly used in the construction of fire-arms, to prevent the piece from going off. A familiar phrase among military men in France is, Ce pistolet est en arret, “this pistol is in arrest or is stopped.”
Wikipedia 
- An arrest is a procedure by which a person who is thought to have broken the law is taken away into jail so that they can be placed on trial. Arrests are normally performed by the police.
