arrest
A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting somethingA check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
» Are you here to arrest me?
Sind Sie hier, um mich zu verhaften?
Ты здесь, чтобы арестовать меня?
Вы здесь, чтобы арестовать меня?
Ти тут, щоб мене заарештувати?
Ви тут, щоб мене заарештувати?
Meaning
8 senses(countable, uncountable)A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
(countable, uncountable)The condition of being stopped, standstill.
cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest
задержа́ниеzaderžánije, остано́вostanóv
(countable, uncountable)The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
State police made a total of 15 drug-related arrests across the city.
Verhaftung, Festnahme
аре́стarést, задержа́ниеzaderžánije
аре́штaréšt, затри́манняzatrýmannja
(countable, uncountable)A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
Arrest
аре́стarést
аре́штaréšt
(countable, uncountable)A device to physically arrest motion.
(countable, uncountable)The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
(countable, uncountable)A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
Examples
1849 sentencesAre you here to arrest me?
Ти тут, щоб мене заарештувати?
ruТы здесь, чтобы арестовать меня?
deSind Sie hier, um mich zu verhaften?
I want Tom arrested for murder.
Я хочу, щоб Тома заарештували за вбивство.
ruЯ хочу, чтобы Том был арестован за убийство.
deIch will, dass Tom wegen Mordes verhaftet wird.
Tom and Mary have been arrested.
Том та Мері були заарештовані.
ruТом и Мэри были арестованы.
Tom was arrested at his home.
Тома заарештували у себе вдома.
Aren't you going to arrest me?
Хіба ти мене не заарештуєш?
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English arest (noun) and aresten (verb), from Old French areste (noun) and areFrom Middle English arest (noun) and aresten (verb), from Old French areste (noun) and arester (“to stay, stop”, verb), from Vulgar Latin *arrestō, from Latin ad- (“to”) + restō (“to stop, remain behind, stay back”), from re- (“back”) + stō (“to stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”), equivalent to ad- + rest. Compare French arrêter (“to stop”).
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Forms
plural: arrestsSynonyms
11 synonymsWord family
17 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- got arrested
- has been arrested
- was arrested for
- the police arrested
- to be arrested
- police arrested
- will be arrested
- under arrest
- police might arrest
- arrested for doing
- got arrested for
- who got arrested