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arrest

English

  1. 🔊 the state of inactivity following an interruption
    “the negotiations were in arrest”
  2. 🔊 the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
    “the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar”
  3. 🔊 attract and fix
    “His look caught her”
  4. 🔊 hold back, as of a danger or an enemy
    “Arrest the downward trend”
  5. 🔊 cause to stop
    “Halt the engines”
  6. 🔊 take into custody
    “the police nabbed the suspected criminals”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 arresto arrest
  2. 🔊 búsqueda y captura arrest
  3. 🔊 detención arrest
  4. 🔊 arrestar to arrest
  5. 🔊 detener to arrest

Similar words

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