Arrest

Definition: Arrest

Arrest

Noun

1. The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar".

2. 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".

Verb

1. Take into custody, as of suspected criminals, by the police.

2. Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in SE Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back athe tide of communism".

3. Attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter".

4. Cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "arrest" was first used: sometime in the mid-14th century. (references)

Note: Arrest \Ar*rest"\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Arrested; Arresting.]. (references)

Satire

Public Administration

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Arrest

Attention

Catch the eye, strike the eye; attract notice; catch the attention, awaken the attention, wake the attention, invite the attention, solicit the attention, attract the attention, claim the attention excite the attention, engage the attention, occupy the attention, strike the attention, arrest the attention, fix the attention, engross the attention, absorb the attention, rivet the attention, catch the mind, awaken the mind, wake the mind, invite the mind, solicit the mind, attract the mind, claim the mind excite the mind, engage the mind, occupy the mind, strike the mind, arrest the mind, fix the mind, engross the mind, absorb the mind, rivet the mind, catch the thoughts, awaken the thoughts, wake the thoughts, invite the thoughts, solicit the thoughts, attract the thoughts, claim the thoughts excite the thoughts, engage the thoughts, occupy the thoughts, strike the thoughts, arrest the thoughts, fix the thoughts, engross the thoughts, absorb the thoughts, rivet the thoughts; be present to the mind, be uppermost in the mind.

Cessation

Intromit, interrupt, suspend, interpel; intermit, remit; put an end to, put a stop to, put a period to; derail; turn off, switch off, power down, deactivate, disconnect; bring to a stand, bring to a standstill; stop, cut short, arrest, stem the tide, stem the torrent; pull the check-string, pull the plug on.

Disease

Ague, angina pectoris, appendicitis; Asiatic cholera, spasmodic cholera; biliary calculus, kidney stone, black death, bubonic plague, pneumonic plague; blennorrhagia, blennorrhoea; blood poisoning, bloodstroke, bloody flux, brash; breakbone fever, dengue fever, malarial fever, Q-fever; heart attack, cardiac arrest, cardiomyopathy; hardening of the arteries, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis; bronchocele, canker rash, cardialgia, carditis, endocarditis; cholera, asphyxia; chlorosis, chorea, cynanche, dartre; enanthem, enanthema; erysipelas; exanthem, exanthema; gallstone, goiter, gonorrhea, green sickness; grip, grippe, influenza, flu; hay fever, heartburn, heaves, rupture, hernia, hemorrhoids, piles, herpes, itch, king's evil, lockjaw; measles, mumps, polio; necrosis, pertussis, phthisis, pneumonia, psora, pyaemia, pyrosis, quinsy, rachitis, ringworm, rubeola, St. Vitus's dance, scabies, scarlatina, scarlet fever, scrofula, seasickness, struma, syntexis, tetanus, tetter, tonsillitis, tonsilitis, tracheocele, trachoma, trismus, varicella, varicosis, variola, water qualm, whooping cough; yellow fever, yellow jack.

Lawsuit

Serve with a writ, cite, apprehend, arraign, sue, prosecute, bring an action against, indict, impeach, attach, distrain, commit; arrest; summon, summons; give in charge; (restrain).

Apprehension, arrest; committal; imprisonment; (restraint).

Restraint

Arrest; take up, take charge of, take into custody; take prisoner, take captive, make prisoner, make captive; captivate; lead captive, lead into captivity; send to prison, commit to prison; commit; give in charge, give in custody; subjugate.

Arrest, arrestation; custody, keep, care, charge, ward, restringency.

Crosswords: Arrest

Albanian (arrest, detention), Dutch (apprehension, arrest, decision, detention, judgement), German (apprehension, arrest, attachment, detention, distraint, distress), Norwegian (detention), Swedish (arrest, chokey, choky, custody, detention, gaol, guardhouse, guardroom, jail, lockup).

Place that idiot scientist under arrest! (Lilo & Stitch; writing credit: Chris Sanders)

Jarra, you are under arrest for being that ugly, and for making that many copies (Men in Black II; writing credit: Lowell Cunningham; Robert Gordon)

This is Pasadena. We do not arrest the wrong person (The Player; writing credit: Michael Tolkin)

How could you arrest me here (Touch of Evil; writing credit: Whit Masterson; Orson Welles)

But this is England, where I thought you never arrest, let alone convict, people for crimes they have not committed (Witness for the Prosecution; writing credit: Agatha Christie; Larry Marcus)

They can't arrest us all (Ugly; performing artist: Bubba Sparxxx)

If the cops arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent? (references; author: unknown)

A police recruit was asked during the exam, "What would you do if you had to arrest your own mother?" He said, "Call for backup. (references; author: unknown)

Arrest and Trial (1963)

The Man They Couldn't Arrest (1933)

Their First Arrest (1916)

Broncho Billy's First Arrest (1913)

Arrest of a Shoplifter (1900)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Grave Accusations: A Suspicious Death, a Husband's Arrest, a Fight for Justice--A True Story (reference)

• Mug Shots: Celebrities Under Arrest (reference)

• Statements: Sizwe Bansi Is Dead, the Island, Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act/3 Plays (reference)

• The Arrest (reference)

• The Day They Came to Arrest the Book (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Arrest Law Bulletin (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Cardiac Arrest (reference)

• A Shock to the Heart: Treatment of Cardiac Arrest (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Bass Arrest (reference)

• You're Under Arrest (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• APC PER7 Personal Surge Arrest Protector (7-Outlets) (reference)

• APC PRO8T2 Surge Arrest Surge Station (reference)

• APC PRO8TV Professional Surge Arrest 8 Outlets w/telephone & coax (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Qual-Craft 5000Q Fall Arrest Kit (S -M) (reference)

• Qual-Craft 5010Q Fall Arrest Kit (L - XL) (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

An important arrest. Credit: Library of Congress.

Rev. Walter Fauntroy (second from right), Bishop Smallwood Williams and others protest the arrest of Dr. Martin Luther King outside the Executive Mansion in Albany, Ga. Credit: Library of Congress.

How woman policeman would look making an arrest. Credit: Library of Congress.

Benjamin Franklin under arrest. Credit: Library of Congress.

Put Britain first! : arrest Nazi-Zionist Menachem Begin for war crimes!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

He that hath authority to seize my person in the street, may be opposed as a thief and a robber, if he endeavours to break into my house to execute a writ, notwithstanding that I know he has such a warrant, and such a legal authority, as will impower him to arrest me abroad. (Second Treatise of Government)

They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, beprivileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place. (reference)

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

In which Pache sent to the Commune the list of the ministers and deputies held in arrest within their limits

You see I use the word arrest.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

This cardiac arrest is brought on by an abnormal heartbeat. (references)

Sudden death--Cardiac arrest caused by an irregular heartbeat. (references)

Sudden cardiac death--Cardiac arrest caused by an irregular heartbeat. (references)

Business

Chen Ziming remained under house arrest at year's end. (references)

Subsequent investigations resulted in the arrest of additional officers. (references)

The laws of each emirate prohibit arrest or search without probable cause. (references)

Children

Netherlands

The law allows for provisional arrest, house searches, and criminal financial investigations. (references)

Guatemala

On December 12, 2000, the prosecutor requested that Judge Cecilia Isabel Paiz issue an arrest warrant for Barrientos on rape charges. (references)

United Kingdom

Under the 2000 Prevention of Terrorism Act, the police can arrest and detain children as young as 10 years of age for up to 7 days, although no children were detained under the act during the year. (references)

Civil Liberties

Brazil

No arrest had been made in the case by year's end. (references)

Thailand

By year's end, no arrest had been made in the case. (references)

Congo

Rebel forces reportedly continued to arrest journalists. (references)

Economic History

Cambodia

Prince Sihanouk was put under virtual house arrest. (references)

Togo

Many opposition members, including Grunitzky, fled to avoid arrest. (references)

Mexico

Based upon the evidence presented, a judge may or may not decide to issue arrest warrants. (references)

Human Rights

Andorra

Warrants are required for arrest. (references)

Central African Republic

Judicial warrants are not required for arrest. (references)

Latvia

Charges must be filed within 10 days of arrest. (references)

Indigenous People

India

Indigenous peoples suffer discrimination and harassment, have been deprived wrongly of their land, and have been subject to torture and to arbitrary arrest. (references)

Minorities

Netherlands

Police rarely are able to identify or arrest perpetrators. (references)

Sri Lanka

Without national identity cards, they also are vulnerable to arrest by the security forces. (references)

Political Economy

Mali

Occasionally police arbitrarily arrest and detain persons. (references)

Laos

Police used arbitrary arrest, detention, and surveillance. (references)

China

Arbitrary arrest and detention also remained serious problems. (references)

Political Rights

Armenia

A criminal investigation was started and resulted in the arrest of 12 persons. (references)

Haiti

From March 17-21, pro-FL members demonstrated in the streets of Port-au-Prince, demanding that the Government arrest Gerard Gourgue. (references)

Angola

In 1999 the Government declared Savimbi a war criminal and issued a warrant for his arrest; the warrant remained outstanding at year's end. (references)

Travel

Saudi Arabia

Police at all airports and internal roadblocks routinely arrest and imprison violators. (references)

Kenya

Destruction of Kenyan currency, even in small amounts, is illegal, and it almost always results in arrest and a fine. (references)

Burma

Photographing people in uniform or any military installation could lead to arrest or the confiscation of cameras and film. (references)

Women

Nepal

Even though the police may make an arrest, further prosecution often is not pursued by the victim or by the Government. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Women risk arrest by the Mutawwa'in for riding in a vehicle driven by a male who is not an employee or a close male relative. (references)

United Arab Emirates

In Dubai Emirate, unmarried pregnant women must marry the father of the child; both parties are subject to arrest for fornication. (references)

Worker Rights

Yugoslavia

Unlike the previous year, security forces did not disrupt any strikes or arrest union leaders. (references)

Guatemala

One arrest warrant was issued against the Mayor of Tumbador, San Marcos Province, Fredy Radinel Vasquez Orozco. (references)

Malaysia

Rather than prosecute traffickers, police generally arrest or deport individual women for immigration offenses. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "arrest": arrest a judgement ♦ Arrest Convention 1952 ♦ Arrest Convention 1999 ♦ arrest of judgement ♦ arrest of judgment ♦ arrest point ♦ arrest warrant ♦ auricular arrest ♦ be under arrest ♦ be under house arrest ♦ cardiac arrest ♦ cardiopulmonary arrest ♦ close arrest ♦ court proceedings for issue of arrest warrant ♦ domiciliary arrest ♦ evade arrest ♦ Heart Arrest ♦ house arrest ♦ illegal arrest ♦ Malicious arrest ♦ mouse arrest ♦ parol arrest ♦ put smb. under arrest ♦ put under arrest ♦ resisting arrest ♦ sinus arrest ♦ to arrest ♦ under arrest ♦ under house arrest ♦ under open arrest ♦ warrant for arrest ♦ warrant of arrest ♦ warrant to arrest. Additional references.

Ending with "arrest": Breast-arrest, re-arrest.

Afrikaans

arresteer, arrestasie (apprehension, detention), aanhouding (apprehension, detention). (various references)

Albanian

arrestoj (nab, nip, pinch, run in, seize), arrestim (custody, detention, pinch, recapture, seizure, taking), arrest (detention), tërheq (allure, appeal, attract, bewitch, call attention to, capture, catch, charm, daggle, dangle, decoy, drag, draggle, draw, draw out, engage, entice, fetch, fix, haul, heave, invite, jerk, lure, pluck, prepossess, pull, pull out, recall, retract, revoke, stretch, take back, tow, tug, web, withdraw), pezullim (abeyance, cancel, cancellation, hold, layoff, reversal, stay, suspense, suspension), pengoj (baffle, balk, baulk, block, clog, cross, cumber, delay, detain, embarrass, encumber, estop, foil, forbid, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, handicap, hedge in, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, interfere, interfere with, interrupt, jam, keep away from, let, obstruct, occlude, oppose, preclude, prevent, prohibit, resist, set back, shut in, stumble, trammel, traverse, trouble), ndaloj (balk, ban, bar, baulk, block, break down, cease, challenge, close down, come to a halt, debar, detain, disallow, disqualify, enjoin, estop, forbid, halt, impede, inhibit, interdict, negative, nip, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, pull up, stall, stop, tackle, withhold), ndalim (attachment, ban, cessation, defence, detention, disallowance, embargo, Forbiddance, halt, inhibition, interdict, interdiction, juju, lid, negative, prohibition, stay, stop, stoppage, stopping, taboo), ndal (becalm, check, close up, cut, discontinue, end, fight off, fold, halt, heave to, hold, interrupt, pull in, pull up, rein up, shut down, stay, stem, stop), kapje (apprehension, attachment, catch, catchment, clasp, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, hitch, hold, holding, hook, hug, interception, jaw, prehension, purchase, recapture, seizing, snatch, uptake), kap (affect, apprehend, attack, avail oneself of, captivate, capture, catch, catch on, catch out, catch up, clasp, clutch, cop, embrace, gain, get, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, handle, have, hitch, hold, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nip, nobble, overcome, overtake, pick up, pinch, reach, rummage out, seize, snap, snatch, soak up, swoop, tackle, take, track down, unhang). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كبح (bridle, check, contain, control, curb, hamper, hinder, hold, hold back, inhibit, inhibition, keep back, keep down, keep under control, leash, master, press, prevent, rein, repress, repression, restrain, restraint, steady, subdual, subdue, suppress, suppression, tame, withhold), ‏إيقاف (interception, stay, stopping), ‏إعتقل (apprehend, be detained, lag, lock up, nab, pick up, restrain, seize, sneeze), ‏إعتقال (apprehension, detention, hold, recapture, seizure, sneeze), ‏أوقف (arrested, break, can, cease, challenge, check, choke, cut, cut out, discontinue, estop, garage, halt, hinder, intercept, kill, nick, nobble, obstruct, pull in, shut off, stand, stay, stem, stop, turn off), ‏أعتقل. (various references)

Bulgarian 

спиране (blocking, braking, catch, cease, cessation, discontinuance, dwell, halt, hold up, holdback, interruption, letup, prevention, retention, snub, stand, standstill, stay, stop, stopping, tie up), спирам (bit, block, brake, bring to, bring to rest, bring up, call a halt, cease, check, come to a halt, come to rest, cut, cut off, cut short, die, discontinue, draw up, drive up, dwell, end, fix, go phut, halt, hang up, heave to, hold back, hold in, immobilize, impede, inhibit, intervene, keep off, kill, leave off, lock, occlude, preclude, prevent, pull in, pull up, put in, quash, quit, run down, snub, stint, stop, suppress, suspend, trammel, trig, withhold), конфискувам (condemn, confiscate, escheat, impound, seize, sequester, sequestrate), забавяне (deferment, delay, inhibition, lag, moderation, postponement, put off, retardation, retardment, slowdown, stasis), забавям (cool, defer, delay, detain, hang up, hold back, hold off, hold over, inhibit, postpone, put back, put over, retard, set back, sidetrack, slacken, slow, slow down, stave off, steady), задържане (apprehension, detention, hold, impoundment, inhibition, keeping, lockup, retention), задържам (apprehend, can, contain, detain, deter, entrap, hold, hold back, hold off, hold over, hold up, immobilize, inhibit, keep, keep away, keep back, keep down, occlude, press back, reserve, restrain, retain, trig), арестуване (apprehension, attachment, charge, cop, custody, detention, lockup, pinch, seizure), арестувам (apprehend, attach, bring in, bust, impound, nab, nail, nip, pick up, pinch, pull, rap, restrain, round up, run in, secure, seize, take in, take up), арест (cage, custody, glass house, lockup, pinch, round house, taking), блокиращ механизъм (arrester). (various references)

Catalan

deturar. (various references)

Chinese 

拘捕 (Arrested, Arresting). (various references)

Czech

zatknout (apprehend, capture, seize). (various references)

Danish

arrestere. (various references)

Dutch

arrestatie (apprehension, detention), aanhouding (apprehension, detention). (various references)

Esperanto

aresto (apprehension, detention), aresti, arestado (apprehension, detention). (various references)

Faeroese

seta fastan, handtaka. (various references)

Farsi 

توقیف کردن (Apprehend, Book, Confiscate, Detain, Grab, Impound, Intern, Seize, Sequester, Suppress), توقیف (Bail, Constraint, Custody, Durante, Holdup, Internment, Lockup, Nab, Suppression), جلوگیری کردن (Intercept, Keep, Prevent, Rebuff), بازداشتن (Bar, Bloc, Block, Contain, Debar, Detain, Deter, Encumber, Impede, Interdict, Prevent, Stay, Stow). (various references)

Finnish

vangitseminen (capture, imprisonment), vangita (imprison, put in prison, take into custody), pysäyttää (bring to a standstill, check, cut off, hold up, pull up, rein in, stop), pidätys (detention, stoppage), pidättää (detain, hold back, keep back, reserve, restrain, take into custody, withhold). (various references)

French

arrestation, arrêter. (various references)

Frisian

arrestaasje (apprehension, detention), oppakke. (various references)

German

Haft (apprehension, confinement, custody, detainment, detention, durance, imprisonment, prison sentence, term of imprisonment), festnehmen (apprehend, seize, take, to arrest), Festnahme (apprehension, detention), verhaften (to arrest). (various references)

Greek 

συλλαμβάνω (apprehend, capture, catch, conceive, grasp, nab, place under arrest, seize, take into custody). (various references)

Hebrew 

מעצר (custody, detention, imprisonment, restraint), מחבוש (detention), מאסר (confinement, detention, imprisonment, incarceration, prison), אסר (forbid, prohibition, renunciation). (various references)

Hungarian

letartóztatás (apprehension, attach, custody, detention, detention awaiting trial, detention of suspicion, pulling, seizure), zár alá vétel, megakadályozás (denial, hindrance, interdiction, prevention), letartóztat (apprehend, put smb. under arrest, to apprehend, to arrest, to attach, to nab, to nick, to pull in), leszorítás (depression, fastening, fixing, strangulation), lefoglalás (confiscation, embargo, extent, impoundment, levy, poundage, prize, seizure), feltartóztatás (check, holding, interception, tackle), őrizetbe vétel (custody, seizure). (various references)

Indonesian

penangkapan (caption), menciduk, mencekal (hold firmly), menangkap (absorb, capture, catch, cop, detain, grab), bekuk (bend in two, capture, swindle). (various references)

Italian

arresto (apprehension, capture, check, deadlock, detention, halt, stand, standstill, stop, stoppage), arrestare (apprehend, block, check, halt, Nick, pause, staunch, stay, stem, stop). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

逮捕 (apprehension, capture), 捕縛 (apprehension, capture), 拘引 (custody). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たいほ (apprehension, capture, degenerate, your personal name), ほばく (apprehension, capture), い�"ち (custody, inch, seal stamp pad), �"うい�" (abduction, bank clerk, custody, descendant, factory worker, Father Time, Imperial descendant, official seal, scion, seduction, sexual indulgence, time), �"うち (arable land, back-end, cleverness, confinement, craft, cunning, detailed, detention, elaborate, exquisite, heights, high ground, plateau, skill, slow and elaborate, well-known), け�"きょ (humility, modesty, roundup), け�"そく (being exclusively absorbed in something, custody, restraint), とりもの (capture), � (capture, degenerating, exchange, exorcism, lapsing into). (various references)

Korean 

검거 (Arresting). (various references)

Manx

stad (intermission, pull up, stage, stand, standstill, station, stationary, stay, stop, stop point, stop sign, stoppage, stopping place), goaill seose, goaill (acceptance, affect, apprehend, apprehension, assumption, assumption of office, bring off, capture, catch, contract, contract as disease, contraction, distrain, draw off, engage, expropriation, impound, preoccupation, reduce, seizure, take), cummal (abode, celebrate, celebration, contain, containment, contents, dwelling place, grip, hold, inhabit, keep, live, residence, retain). (various references)

Papiamen

arestá. (various references)

Pig Latin

arrestay.(various references)

Portuguese

apreensão (apprehension, apprehensiveness, capture, creeps, misgiving, prehension, seizing, seizure, sense, sequestration). (various references)

Romanian

arestare (apprehension, arresting, attachment, commitment, committal, confinement, round up, taking), arest (committal, custody, detainer, detention, imprisonment, pinch, prison), aresta (apprehend, confine, grab, have up, lag, nab, pinch, prison, seize, take into custody, trap), ţintui (charm, clench, clinch, fascinate, fasten, fasten on, fasten upon, fix, nail, nail down, peg at, pin, rivet, stud, tack), împiedica (back, balk, baulk, block, brake, check, circumvent, clog, delay, detain, deter, embarrass, encumber, forbid, foreclose, hamper, help, hinder, hitch, hobble, hold, hopple, impede, inhibit, intercept, lock, obstruct, prevent, put on the brakes, restrain, shackle, shut out, snag, stay, stop, trammel, withhold), întrerupere (abruption, breach, catch, cessation, chasm, disconnection, discontinuance, discontinuity, disjunction, intermission, interruption, interval, lapse, lock out, pause, stop, stoppage, stopping, suspense), ţinea (administer, happen, resist, retain), fixa (accommodate, adapt, adjust, affix, anchor, appoint, arrange, ascertain, assess, assign, attach, attune, bed, bind, bond, brace, clamp, clasp, define, determine, dog, establish, fasten, find, fit, fix, hitch, immobilize, impact, imprint, indicate, ingrain, lay, make fast, mount, nail, nail down, name, nominate, pin, pin down, place, put on, recognize, regulate, schedule, secure, settle, stamp, state, stick, stiffen, stipulate, strengthen, tie, trace, tune), suspendare (abeyance, adjournment, hanging, stay, stop, suspense, suspension), frâna (check, curb, hamper, hinder, lock, put on the brake), opri (abate, abstain, balk, bar, baulk, break, bring to, bring to a stop, call off, circumvent, clog, collar, contain, curb, cut off, deflate, delay, discontinue, end, estop, forbear, forbid, foreclose, halt, hinder, hold, inhibit, interdict, keep back, phase out, prohibit, pull up, put a stopper on, put out, quench, restrain, retain, shut out, snag, staunch, stay, stem, stop, strangle, subside, taboo, withhold), oprire (ban, block, call off, cease, cessation, containment, end, foreclosure, halt, interruption, let up, obstruction, pause, prohibition, retention, stage, stall, stand, standstill, station, stay, stick, stop, stoppage, stopping), reţine (bespeak, book, catch, confine, delay, detain, dock, engage, fix, ground, hinder, hold, hold in, impede, keep, keep back, keep in, laten, learn, memorize, nota bene, refrain, remember, reserve, restrain, retain, secure, stop, take by the button, trammel, withhold), ridica (advance, aggrandize, appear, arise, ascend, assemble, balloon, bring up, build, carry up, collect, construct, convene, create, draw the cloth, elevate, encash, enhance, erect, found, get up, heave, hoist, interpose, kick up, lift, loop, Mount, muster, perk up, pick up, pitch, pose, prong, pry, put, put up, raise, receive, remove, resound, rise, round up, salt, set up, shovel, start, step up, stick up, straighten, strike, suspend, take up, up, uplift, weigh), stãvili (bar, barricade, block, dam up, delay, dike, embank, hinder, quench, refrain, restrain, retain, retard, shut, slacken, slug, stem), fereca (chain, fascinate, hoop, rivet, shoe). (various references)

Russian 

арестовать (clap by the heels, lay by the heels, nab, take in charge), арест (apprehension, commitment, custody, detention, taking). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zaustaviti (block, halt, hold up, pawl, stall, stem, stop, trap), uhapsiti (bust up, detain, immure, imprison, incarcerate, nab, pick up, pinch, pull in, quod, run in), sprečiti (avert, balk, baulk, debar, disenable, forestall, head off, hinder, impeach, impede, inhibit, keep from, preclude, prevent, scotch), lišenje slobode, hapšenje (capture, immurement, pickup, round up). (various references)

Spanish

detener (capture, detain, get, halt, hinder, hold up, keep, pick up, pull, pull in, secure, seize, set back, stay, stop, take), detención (apprehension, capture, detention, imprisonment, round up, seizure), arresto (apprehension, detention, pickup), arrestar. (various references)

Swedish

häkta (clasp, commit, hook), arrestera (collar), anhållande (apprehension), anhålla (apply for, apprehend). (various references)

Thai

การชะงัก (cessation), การจับกุม, หยุ�" (block, break, cease, cease from, die, dry out, dry up, nix, shut), �"ึง�"ู�" (appeal), จับกุม (seize). (various references)

Turkish

tutuklamak (apprehend, bust, imprison, jail, Nick, pick up, pull in, rap, seize, take into custody, take smb. in charge), tutuklama (apprehension, arrestment, caption, cop, detention, duress, pinch), tevkif, el koymak (appropriate, attach, capture, commandeer, condemn, distrain, distrain on, distrain up, distress, embargo, hold, impound, impress, levy, requisition, seise, seize, sequester, sequestrate, take the action, usurp, vest), durdurmak (abort, baulk, block, bring short, call a halt, call off, cease, check, choke back, choke down, choke off, collar, Crimp, deactivate, discontinue, draw up, give over, halt, hold back, hold up, intercept, intermit, jam, jugulate, lock, paralyse, paralyze, pull in, pull up, put a stop to, shut off, stanch, staunch, stay, stem, still, stop, Stow, suppress, suspend), durdurma (check, hold, interception, interruption, retention, shutoff, stoppage, stopping, suppression, suspension, tackle), bloke etmek (block, immobilize, lock, lock up, tie up), önlemek (avert, avoid, baffle, bank, circumvent, counterwork, estop, face up to, foil, foreclose, forestall, frustrate, get under control, head off, intercept, jugulate, keep back, obviate, occlude, preclude, prevent, prevent from, prohibit, repress, stay, suppress, thwart, ward, ward off), önleme (avoiding, circumvention, containment, frustration, hindrance, interception, preclusion, prevention, suppression), çekmek (abide, absorb, attract, be a sufferer by, be a sufferer from, be cursed with smth., bear, bear with, captivate, carry, catch, charm, claw, conjugate, decline, drag, draw, draw off, draw on, draw out, dwindle, engage, engross, extract, fetch, glamor, glamour, go through, go to scale at, grind, grip, haul, heave, hitch, hoist, hold, inflect, inhale, invite, last out, lug, lump, magnetize, pass through, pique, pluck, prepossess, pull, pull away, pull over, pull up, receive, record, run up, scale in, scale out, schlep, schlepp, shoot, shrink, sip, siphon, siphon off, soak, soak in, sop up, stand the racket, stretch, suck, suffer, sustain, syphon, syphon off, take, take after, take one's medicine, throw back, toss, tow, tow away, tug, turn the scale at, undergo, up with, whisk, withdraw). (various references)

Turkmen 

tussag etmek (take prisoner). (various references)

Ukrainian

вирок (advice, decision, deliverance, judgement, judgment), виключати (bar, count out, cut away, cut off, declutch, dismember, eliminate, except, exclude, expel, foreclose, open, oust, rule out, send down, shut out), накладення арешту (attachment), накладати арешт, зупиняти (bar, cease, check, damp, deter, halt, hold, hold up, nip, pull up, stanch, staunch, stop, withhold), зупинка (cessation, check, halt, halting, standstill, stop, stoppage, stopping, tie up, trapping), затримувати (apprehend, balk, dam, defer, delay, deport, detain, impede, impound, intern, nip, pull back, withhold), затримка (backing, back-set, balk, check, delay, hold back, impediment, objection, retardment, retention, setback, stay, throw back), затримання (apprehension, detention), заарештувати, арешт (apprehension, commitment, custody), приковувати (chain, enchain, shackle). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự chặn lại (check, countercherk), sự bắt giữ sự ngừng lại. (various references)

Welsh

atal (hinder, hindrance, impediment, prevent, stop, withhold), arestio, arestiad, restio, dalfa (custody, hold), dal (capture, catch, continue, grapple, hold, last). (various references)

ad-, capio, comprehendo, conprehensione, deprehendere, deprehenderit, deprehendi, deprehendisset, deprehenditur, deprehensa, deprehensam, deprehensus, intertio, prehendo, prendere, prendidistis. (various references)

arester. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "arrest": arrestant, arrestants, arrested, arrestee, arrestees, arrester, arresters, arresting, arrestingly, arrestment, arrestments, arrestor, arrestors, arrests. (additional references)

Words ending with "arrest": postarrest, rearrest. (additional references)

Words containing "arrest": rearrested, rearresting, rearrests. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Arrest" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abrest, agrest, Agreste, airest, airres, ararats, Arbres, ardest, Ardres, arert, Aresti, arez, arist, arralt, arrat, arrees, arrens, arrent, arres, arresst, arret, arrets, Arrez, arriets, arris, arrot, Arsete, artest, erest, Orrest. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: rarest, raster, raters, starer, tarres, terras.

-1 letter: aster, rares, raser, rater, rates, rears, stare, tares, tarre, tears, terra.

-2 letters: ares, arse, arts, ates, ears, east, eats, eras, errs, erst, etas, rare, rase, rate, rats, rear, rest, rets, sate, sear, seat, sera, seta, star, tare, tars, tear, teas, tsar.

-3 letters: are, ars, art, ate, ear, eat, era, err, ers, eta, ras.

+1 letter: armrest, arrests, artsier, barrets, barters, carters, craters, darters, errants, erratas, fraters, garrets, garters, graters, kraters, praters, rafters, ranters, rasters, ratters, restart, retards, retears, roaster, serrate, smarter, starers, starker, starred, starter, starver, strafer, strayer, tarries, tarsier, tearers, tracers, traders.

+2 letters: aborters, aerators, alterers, antrorse, arbiters, armrests, arrested, arrestee, arrester, arrestor, arteries, asserter, assertor, assorter, austerer, caterers, charters, creators, drafters, dragster, erratics, ferrates, garrotes, grafters, granters, narrates, oratress, partiers, partners, partyers, pasturer, praetors, prorates, quarters, raptures, rarebits, rarities, rattlers, reactors, realters, realtors, rearmost, rearrest, reassert, reassort, rebaters, recharts, recrates, redrafts, redstart, refracts, regrafts, regrants, regrates, relaters, relators, remaster, restarts, restoral, restrain, retakers, retraces, retracks, retracts, retrains, retreads, retreats, retrials, roadster, roasters, rostrate, rotaries, serrated, serrates, sororate, starkers, starrier, starters, startler, starvers, strafers, strainer, straiter, strander, stranger, strapper, strawier, strayers, streaker, streamer, taborers, taperers, tarriers, tarriest, tarsiers, terraces, terrains, terranes, terrases, thrasher, trackers, trailers, trainers, trampers, transfer, trappers, trashier, traverse, trawlers, treaders, treasure, treasury, treaters, urethras, warstler, waterers.