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verb | noun arrestarrest1 /əˈrɛst/ ●●○ S3 W2 verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYarrest1Origin: 1300-1400 Old French arester to rest, arrest, from Latin ad- to + restare to remain, rest VERB TABLEarrest |
Present | I, you, we, they | arrest | | he, she, it | arrests | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | arrested | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have arrested | | he, she, it | has arrested | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had arrested | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will arrest | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have arrested |
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Present | I | am arresting | | he, she, it | is arresting | | you, we, they | are arresting | Past | I, he, she, it | was arresting | | you, we, they | were arresting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been arresting | | he, she, it | has been arresting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been arresting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be arresting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been arresting |
► got arrested She got arrested for drunk driving. ► arrested ... on charges of Police arrested Fletcher on charges of (=arrested him for the specific crime of) embezzlement. ► arrested in connection with Five men were arrested in connection with the attack. 1 if the police arrest someone, they take the person to the police station because they believe he or she has done something illegal: Police arrested 26 demonstrators.arrest somebody for something He was arrested for assault. She got arrested for drunk driving. Police arrested Fletcher on charges of (=arrested him for the specific crime of) embezzlement. Five men were arrested in connection with the attack.2formal to stop something that is happening, or to make it happen more slowly: drugs used to arrest the spread of the disease Smoking at an early age is thought to arrest growth in children.3somebody can’t get arrested humorous used to say that someone who used to be famous or popular is now not famous or popular at all: She’s a big star in Paris, but she couldn’t get arrested in New York. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French arester to rest, arrest, from Latin ad- to + restare to remain, rest] verb | noun arrestarrest2 ●●○ S3 W2 noun [countable, uncountable] ► make an arrest The police expect to make an arrest soon. ► under arrest Dillman is under arrest (=kept by police) for his role in the robbery. ► place/put somebody under arrest He was put under arrest and taken to the station. ► placed under house arrest She was placed under house arrest (=forced by the police or government to stay in her house) in 1989. the act of taking someone away to a police station because he or she may have done something illegal: arrest for her arrest for drunk driving in 2004 The police expect to make an arrest soon. Dillman is under arrest (=kept by police) for his role in the robbery.place/put somebody under arrest He was put under arrest and taken to the station. She was placed under house arrest (=forced by the police or government to stay in her house) in 1989. |