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    • arrest :the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
      • the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar

    • arrest :take into custody
      • the police nabbed the suspected criminals

    • arrest :the state of inactivity following an interruption
      • the negotiations were in arrest|held them in check|during the halt he got some lunch|the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow|he spent the entire stop in his seat

    • arrest :hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
      • Arrest the downward trend|Check the growth of communism in South East Asia|Contain the rebel movement|Turn back the tide of communism

    • arrest :attract and fix
      • His look caught her|She caught his eye|Catch the attention of the waiter

    • arrest :cause to stop
      • Halt the engines|Arrest the progress|halt the presses

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