arrestˈable adjective

1. (of an offence) such that the offender may be arrested without warrant
2. Liable to arrest

arrestation /ar-es-tāˈshən/ noun

1. The act of arresting
2. Arrest

arresteeˈ noun

1. A person prevented by arrestment from making payment or delivery to another until the arrester's claim upon that other is secured or satisfied (Scots law)
2. A person legally arrested (N American)

arrestˈer noun

1. A person who, or thing which, arrests
2. A lightning-arrester (qv under lightning)
3. (also arrestˈor) a person who makes an arrestment (Scots law)

arrestˈing adjective

Striking

arrestˈingly adverb

arrestˈive adjective

Tending to arrest

arrestˈment noun

1. A checking, stopping
2. Detention of a person arrested until liberated on bail, or by security (law)
3. A process which prohibits a debtor from handing over to his or her creditor money or property until a debt due by that creditor to a third party, the arrester, is paid or secured (Scots law)

arrester gear noun

Shock-absorbing transverse cables on an aircraft-carrier's deck for the arrester hook of an alighting aircraft to catch on

arrester hook noun

A hook put out from an aircraft alighting on an aircraft-carrier, to catch on the arrester gear

arrest of judgement noun (law)

A delay between conviction and sentence because of possible error

cardiac arrest

1. A heart attack
2. Heart failure

under arrest

Having been apprehended by legal authority, held in custody