Definitions
The act of taking someone into legal custody.
Word origin
From 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”).
Used in a sentence
“cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest”
“State police made a total of 15 drug-related arrests across the city.”
“The sad stories of fire from heaven, the burning of his sheep, etc., […] were sad arrests to his troubled spirit.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Legal custody”6 letters
02“Take into custody”6 letters
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