arrest

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♦♦ ar|rest /ər'est/ (arrests arresting arrested)
1 [VERB] V n, be V-ed for n
If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
Police arrested five young men in connection with one of the attacks...
The police say seven people were arrested for minor offences.
[N-VAR] oft under N
Arrest is also a noun.
Police chased the fleeing terrorists and later made two arrests...
Murder squad detectives approached the man and placed him under arrest.
2 [VERB] V n
If something or someone arrests a process, they stop it continuing. (FORMAL)
The sufferer may have to make major changes in his or her life to arrest the disease...
3 [VERB] V n
If something interesting or surprising arrests your attention, you suddenly notice it and then continue to look at it or consider it carefully. (FORMAL)
The work of an architect of genius always arrests the attention no matter how little remains...
4
see also house arrestcar|di|ac ar|rest (cardiac arrests)
[N-VAR]
A cardiac arrest is a heart attack. (MEDICAL)
= heart attackhouse ar|rest
[N-UNCOUNT] usu under N
If someone is under house arrest, they are officially ordered not to leave their home, because they are suspected of being involved in an illegal activity.

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