Synonym: apprehend, capture, catch, check, pinch, seize, stop. Similar words: barrel, quarrel with, correspondent, irrespective of, forest, corresponding to, rest on, for the rest. Meaning: [ə'rest] 
n. 1. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) 2. the state of inactivity following an interruption. v. 1. take into custody 2. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of 3. attract and fix 4. cause to stop.
n. 1. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) 2. the state of inactivity following an interruption. v. 1. take into custody 2. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of 3. attract and fix 4. cause to stop. 
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61. She spent most of those years under house arrest or close confinement.
62. When police failed to arrest the suspect, local people took the law into their own hands and beat him up.
63. The government went so far as to try to arrest opposition leaders.
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64. Police confirmed that they had issued a warrant for his arrest.
65. After his arrest in 1998, he checked himself into rehab to get over his heroin addiction.
66. His arrest for lewd behaviour seriously damaged his credibility as a religious leader.
67. She swore out a warrant for the arrest of the man who stole her car.
68. The authorities will be legally bound to arrest any suspects.
69. The treatment has so far done little to arrest the spread of the cancer.
70. He tried to bribe the policeman not to arrest him.
71. The interval between arrest and trial can be up to six months.
72. He was somewhat taken aback by the news that the police intended to arrest him.
73. The real cause of the riot was unclear, but the occasion was the arrest of two men.
74. Attempts are being made to arrest the spread of the disease.
75. He put up a fight when the police tried to arrest him.
76. We didn't get word of her arrest until the next day.
77. Do the police have the right of arrest in this situation?
78. The government may remove the power of arrest from military police.
79. She left the country under threat of arrest if she returned.
80. There have been angry protests about his arrest and incarceration.
81. The police offered no expression of regret at his wrongful arrest.
82. The bomb attack was in retaliation for the recent arrest of two well-known terrorists.
83. You're under arrest, buster!
84. Acting on a tip, the police were able to find and arrest Upton.
85. The US lodged a formal protest against the arrest of the foreign reporters.
86. Their arrest was the culmination of an operation in which 120 other people were detained.
87. The shooting may have been in retaliation for the arrest of the terrorist suspects.
88. A reward was offered for information leading to an arrest.
89. The riots were sparked off by the arrest of a local leader.
90. The patient suffered a cardiac arrest and died, despite an attempt at resuscitation.
More similar words: barrel, quarrel with, correspondent, irrespective of, forest, corresponding to, rest on, for the rest, restore, restrict, interest, restriction, prestidigitation, current, currency, correctly, currently, correlation, carry, array, narrow, harrow, carrot, carry out, carrier, arrange, carry on, carry off, barrier, arrival.