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How to pronounce arrest in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms apprehend, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up
Type of seize, prehend, clutch
Type Words
Synonyms check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage
Type of inactivity, inaction, inactiveness
Has types countercheck, logjam


the negotiations were in arrest.
Type Words
Synonyms halt, hold
Type of stop
Derivation arrester
Type Words
Synonyms catch, get
Type of pull, draw in, draw, pull in, attract
Type Words
Synonyms apprehension, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody
Type of seizure, capture, gaining control
Type Words
Synonyms check, contain, hold back, stop, turn back
Type of defend
Has types cut down, cut out

Examples of arrest

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The trooper who talked with Reza said he was very drunk and maybe feared arrest.
From the thenewstribune.com
Jordan Petersen suffered cardiac arrest during a Spruce Creek football practice.
From the news-journalonline.com
Now, because of his arrest, Gilbert owes about $545 in court fees and penalties.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Her federal arrest resulted in her return to prison because of her robbery case.
From the chron.com
They don't want to draw attention to themselves, risking arrest and deportation.
From the tennessean.com
Officials sought to arrest between 200 and 300 people during the 2010 operation.
From the cnn.com
Chaudhry remained isolated in his home though not officially under house arrest.
From the upi.com
Mr. He said he and another activist, Xu Zhiyong, were placed under house arrest.
From the online.wsj.com
The arrest raised hopes that Islamabad was finally cracking down on the Taliban.
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  • Collar: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
  • Apprehension: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
  • Check: 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"
  • 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"
  • Catch: attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"
  • Halt: cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
  • An arrest is the act of depriving people of their liberty, usually in relation to an investigation or prevention of a crime, and thus detaining the arrested person in a procedure as part of the criminal justice system.
  • Jesus Christ Superstar is a 1970 rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. The album musical is a musical dramatisation of the last week of the life of Jesus Christ, beginning with his entry into Jerusalem and ending with the Crucifixion. ...
  • Arresting is a small rural village in the Kelheim district of Lower Bavaria, first mentioned in 1086. It is situated about 7 km north of Neustadt an der Donau, on the left bank of the Danube. nThere are some 130 inhabitants. ...