1. Take into custody
   - collar, nail, apprehend, pick up, nab, cop, nick [Brit] 
2. Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
   "Arrest the downward trend"
   - check, turn back, stop, contain, hold back 
3. Attract and fix
   - catch, get 
4. Cause to stop
   "Arrest the progress"
   - halt, hold

1. The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
   - apprehension, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody 
2. The state of inactivity following an interruption
   "the negotiations were in arrest"
   - check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage

Derived forms: arresting, arrests, arrested

See also: arrester

Type of: attract, capture, clutch, defend, draw, draw in, gaining control, inaction, inactiveness, inactivity, prehend [archaic], pull, pull in, seize, seizure, stop

Encyclopedia: Arrest Arrest, Somme

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