arrest

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  Mr Punch under arrest
• WordNet 3.6
  • v arrest hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of "Arrest the downward trend","Check the growth of communism in South East Asia","Contain the rebel movement","Turn back the tide of communism"
  • v arrest take into custody "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
  • v arrest attract and fix "His look caught her","She caught his eye","Catch the attention of the waiter"
  • v arrest cause to stop "Halt the engines","Arrest the progress","halt the presses"
  • n arrest the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
  • n arrest the state of inactivity following an interruption "the negotiations were in arrest","held them in check","during the halt he got some lunch","the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow","he spent the entire stop in his seat"
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Arrest of Broussel——352

CAPTAIN KIDD ARRESTED

Arrest of Eunus

ARREST OF WILLIAM FRANKLIN BY ORDER OF CONGRESS

• Interesting fact: Former U.S. President Franklin Pierce was arrested during his term as President for running over an old lady with his horse, but the charges were later dropped
• • Arrest (Far) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails.
  • Arrest Any seizure by power, physical or moral. "The sad stories of fire from heaven, the burning of his sheep, etc., . . . were sad arrests to his troubled spirit."
  • Arrest The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development. "As the arrest of the air showeth."
  • Arrest (Law) The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant. "William . . . ordered him to be put under arrest .""Our brother Norway] sends out arrests On Fortinbras; which he, in brief, obeys."
  • Arrest To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate. "We may arrest our thoughts upon the divine mercies."
  • Arrest To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention.
  • Arrest To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses. "Nor could her virtues the relentless hand
    Of Death arrest ."
  • Arrest (Law) To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime.
  • v. i Arrest To tarry; to rest.
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• Interesting fact: In 2000, there were 1,579,566 drug arrests in the United States. Of those, close to half were for marijuana
• • arrest To stop forcibly; check or hinder the motion or action of: as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the course of justice.
  • arrest To take, seize, or apprehend by virtue of a legal warrant or official authority; take into custody: as, to arrest one for a crime or misdemeanor.
  • arrest To seize and fix; engage; secure; catch; take: as, to arrest the eyes or the attention.
  • arrest To rest or fix.
  • arrest In Scots and admiralty law, to seize (property) for debt or the satisfaction of a claim; attach or levy upon. Synonyms To stay, interrupt, delay, detain.
  • n arrest The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; suspension of movement or action: as, an arrest of the vital functions; “the stop and arrest of the air,” Bacon.
  • n arrest Self-restraint; self-command.
  • n arrest Any seizure or taking by force, physical or moral; hindrance; interruption; stoppage; restraint.
  • n arrest In machinery, any contrivance which stops or retards motion.
  • n arrest In law, the taking of a person into custody of the law, usually by virtue of a warrant from authority. An arrest is made by seizing or touching the body or otherwise taking possession of it. By the law of some jurisdictions, arrest is allowed in civil cases for the purpose of enforcing the payment of debts or preventing a defendant from eluding an obligation. In criminal or penal cases arrest is made for the purpose of compelling the person charged with a crime or an offense to appear and submit to justice. In civil cases it cannot be legally effected except by virtue of a precept or writ issued out of some court, but this is often dispensed with in criminal cases. Arrest in civil cases is of two kinds, viz., that which takes place before trial, and is called arrest on mesne process, and that which takes place after trial and judgment, and is called arrest on final process, or arrest in execution.
  • n arrest In admiralty law, the taking of a ship into custody by virtue of a warrant from a court.—
  • n arrest In Scots law, attachment; seizure of property, funds, etc., by legal process, as for debt or the satisfaction of a claim.
  • n arrest A mangy tumor on the back part of the hind leg of a horse. Also called rat-tail.
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• Interesting fact: If a child burps during a church service in Omaha, Nebraska his or her parents may be arrested.
• • v.t Arrest ar-rest′ to stop: to seize: to catch the attention: to apprehend by legal authority
  • n Arrest stoppage: seizure by warrant
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• Stephen B. Leacock

  

  “Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.”
• John Berryman

  

  “Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made.”
• Mahatma Gandhi

  

  “An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.”
• Thomas Wolfe

  

  “A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested.”
• Thornton Wilder

  

  “A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it.”

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