Meaning & use
arrest
To seize and legally detain a person, typically on suspicion of committing a crime.
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Police arrested three suspects after reviewing footage from the store's security camera.
He was arrested at the airport just before boarding his flight out of the country.
A note on using this word
Arrest can also mean to stop or slow something, as in arrest the spread of disease.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
The act of officially seizing a person as a suspected criminal.
The arrest was carried out quietly, without any struggle or resistance.
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