Meaning
To take someone away and hold them, as the police do to a person they think has broken the law.
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Word origin
From Old French arester, meaning to stop or hold back, from Latin restare, to stay.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- arester
- English cognates
- rest
Grammar
Examples
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The police are almost always the ones who "arrest" someone.
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"Arrest" takes a person as its object.
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The passive "was arrested" is very common in news reports.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 7, lesson 4: arrest, smell, drug and 7 more words.