arrest
/əˈɹɛst/ verb B1- To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
- To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. · The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry.· The suspect merchant ship has been arrested by customs officers.
- To catch the attention of.
- To undergo cardiac arrest.
He/she/it arrests · Past arrested · Past participle arrested · -ing form arresting
Verb forms
- Base form
- arrest
- He/she/it
- arrests
- Past
- arrested
- Past participle
- arrested
- -ing form
- arresting
From the library
“If it be so,” replied the magistrate, “rely upon every reparation being made; meanwhile, I am the bearer of an order of arrest, and although I most reluctantly perform the task assigned me, it must, nevertheless, be fulfilled.
“Edmond Dantès,” replied the magistrate, “I arrest you in the name of the law!”
During this conversation, Dantès, after having exchanged a cheerful shake of the hand with all his sympathizing friends, had surrendered himself to the officer sent to arrest him, merely saying, “Make yourselves quite easy, my good fellows, there is some little mistake to clear up, that’s all, depend upon it; and very likely I may not have to go so far as the prison to effect that.”
Meantime the subject of the arrest was being canvassed in every different form.
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