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under arrest — {adj. phr.} Held by the police. * /The man believed to have robbed the bank was placed under arrest./ * /The three boys were seen breaking into the school building and soon found themselves under arrest./ … Dictionary of American idioms
under arrest — {adj. phr.} Held by the police. * /The man believed to have robbed the bank was placed under arrest./ * /The three boys were seen breaking into the school building and soon found themselves under arrest./ … Dictionary of American idioms
put under restraint — index arrest (apprehend), check (restrain), coerce, confine, constrain (imprison), constrain … Law dictionary
put under — phr verb Put under is used with these nouns as the object: ↑arrest, ↑hypnosis … Collocations dictionary
under arrest — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. arrested, caught, apprehended, taken into custody, seized, taken in, handcuffed, confined, jailed, imprisoned, detained, shut up, penned up, put in irons, sent to prison, sent to jail, busted*, pinched*, booked*,… … English dictionary for students
Arrest — Ar*rest , n. [OE. arest, arrest, OF. arest, F. arr[^e]t, fr. arester. See {Arrest}, v. t., {Arr?t}.] 1. The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development. [1913 Webster] As … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Arrest of judgment — Arrest Ar*rest , n. [OE. arest, arrest, OF. arest, F. arr[^e]t, fr. arester. See {Arrest}, v. t., {Arr?t}.] 1. The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
arrest — Synonyms and related words: Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, abduction, absorb, absorb the attention, access, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, affect epilepsy, akinetic epilepsy, apoplexy, apprehend, apprehension … Moby Thesaurus
arrest — ar·rest 1 /ə rest/ n [Middle French arest, from arester to stop, seize, arrest, ultimately from Latin ad to, at + restare to stay]: the restraining and seizure of a person whether or not by physical force by someone acting under authority (as a… … Law dictionary
arrest — I n. detention 1) to make an arrest 2) to resist arrest 3) a citizen s; false arrest; house arrest 4) an arrest for, on charges of (to make an arrest for murder) 5) under arrest (to be under arrest; to place/put smb. under arrest) stoppage 6) a… … Combinatory dictionary
