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Meaning of arrest

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  arrest
      n 1: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a
           criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the
           collar" [syn: {apprehension}, {arrest}, {catch}, {collar},
           {pinch}, {taking into custody}]
      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"
         [syn: {arrest}, {check}, {halt}, {hitch}, {stay}, {stop},
         {stoppage}]
      v 1: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected
           criminals" [syn: {collar}, {nail}, {apprehend}, {arrest},
           {pick up}, {nab}, {cop}]
      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 South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel
         movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism" [syn: {check},
         {turn back}, {arrest}, {stop}, {contain}, {hold back}]
      3: attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye";
         "Catch the attention of the waiter" [syn: {catch}, {arrest},
         {get}]
      4: cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress";
         "halt the presses" [syn: {halt}, {hold}, {arrest}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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