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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121. A man is under arrest following the suspicious death of his wife.
122. Acting on inside information, the police were able to arrest the gang before the robbery occurred.
123. The opposition leader has just been put/placed under house arrest.
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124. The police could not arrest anyone, for the basket contained two Members of Parliament and the commanding Officer of the station!
125. Is it a crime to resist such an arrest?
126. Soong was virtually placed under house arrest.
127. The police later claimed that he had resisted arrest.
128. Nobody was cautioned after arrest.
129. Other charges included resisting arrest and loitering.
130. Allitt has suffered from anorexia nervosa since her arrest.
131. I gulped at the prospect of making an arrest.
132. Police confirmed he was under arrest.
133. The arrest was a quiet, almost casual affair.
134. Pending a successful appeal, Downing could claim for wrongful arrest and 27 years unlawful detention.
135. And, they wonder, why is he fleeing arrest now, instead of facing charges?
136. It took the police just weeks to arrest five men in connection with the shootings.
137. The accused was charged with one form of s.18, wounding with intent to resist arrest.
138. He died under house arrest in Salamanca, uncompromising to the end.
139. They had wide powers to arrest persons suspected of committing such crimes as theft, burglary, and serious assault.
140. The city is facing many claims for wrongful arrest, totalling millions of dollars.
141. Her parents offered no explanation when police boarded their plane at Chicago airport yesterday to arrest them for abandoning their children.
142. His arrest and ultimate acquittal on cocaine smuggling charges made headlines in the mid-1980s.
143. He is now on probation, living in a boarding house in another part of the town since his arrest.
144. The incident began early Sunday when San Jose police began chasing the man for resisting arrest and drug use.
145. Yesterday the Kilshaws could barely contain their delight after learning of Mr Allen's arrest.
146. The band will also record public service announcements for local radio stations, urging petitions to protest the arrest.
147. Mr Emery reopened his store one day after his arrest, and said he will sell marijuana seeds by mail order.
148. Tried in Hanoi on charges of sedition, he died under house arrest in Hue fifteen years later.
149. The increase would arrest a steady erosion that had cut the budget by almost half since the mid 1980s.
150. He hadn't made the arrest himself, but had been called in as back up.
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.