arrest

Definition

Examples

The police arrested a man who had stolen several laptops from the store.

Word Family

Synonyms

• detaindeprive of freedom; take into confinement
• capturethe act of taking something into possession or control
• apprehendget the meaning of something

Collocations

• Easy police arrest the thief
  to police arrest the thief, meaning to maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol
• Medium place under arrest
  to place under arrest, meaning to put into a certain place or abstract location
• Hard arrest the decline in revenues
  to arrest the decline in revenues, meaning to take into custody
• Very Hard cardiac arrest resuscitation
  describing cardiac arrest resuscitation (of or relating to the heart)