arrest
pronunciation
How to pronounce arrest in British English:
UK [əˈrest]
How to pronounce arrest in American English:
US [əˈrest]
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- Noun:
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
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- Verb:
- take into custody
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- attract and fix
- cause to stop
Word Origin
- arrest
- arrest: [14] The Latin verb restāre meant ‘stand back, remain behind’ or ‘stop’ (it is the source of English rest in the sense ‘remainder’). The compound verb arrestāre, formed in postclassical times from the prefix ad- and restāre, had a causative function: ‘cause to remain behind or stop’, hence ‘capture, seize’. These meanings were carried over via Old French arester into English.=> rest
- arrest (v.)
- "to cause to stop," also "to detain legally," late 14c., from Old French arester "to stay, stop" (Modern French arrêter), from Vulgar Latin *arrestare (source of Italian arrestare, Spanish and Portuguese arrestar), from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + restare "to stop, remain behind, stay back" (see rest (n.2)). Figurative sense of "to catch and hold" (the attention, etc.) is from 1814.
- arrest (n.)
- late 14c., from Anglo-French arest, Old French areste, from arester (see arrest (v.)).
Example
- 1. Only one case has resulted in an arrest .
- 2. Killian also denied that race was a factor in the arrest .
- 3. With a suspect to work with , the fbi quickly pieced together enough evidence to make an arrest .
- 4. Its 200 staff will enjoy police powers of search and arrest .
- 5. Arrest and sentencing are arbitrary .