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to seize someone and take them into legal custody
apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody(noun)the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
"the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage(verb)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"
collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop(verb)take into custody
"the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back(verb)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"
catch, arrest, get(verb)attract and fix
"His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"
halt, hold, arrest(verb)cause to stop
"Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
the act of taking into one's control by authority of lawthere have been only two arrests for driving while intoxicated in the county in the last six months
the stopping of a process or activity"hemostasis" is the technical term for arrest of bleeding
to take or keep under one's control by authority of lawthe inept robber was promptly arrested by the off-duty policeman he had tried to hold up
to bring (something) to a standstillcryogenics is based on the idea that extreme cold can almost arrest molecular motion
to hold the attention of as if by a spellthe sight of the daredevil walking a tightrope between high-rises arrested area pedestrians and motorists alike
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