arrest

Noun

arrest (plural arrests)

1. an act or instance of an arrest

6 letters in word "arrest": A E R R S T.

Anagrams of arrest:

• arrets

• rarest

• raster

• raters

• starer

• tarres

• terras

Words found within arrest:

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• Definitions:
• collar: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals" check: 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" apprehension: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" catch: attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter" 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" halt: cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
• An arrest is the action of the police, or person acting under the law, to take a person into custody so that they may be forthcoming to answer for the commission of a crime. ...
• To take into custody by legal authority.
• When the police take a person into custody on probable cause with or without a warrant.
• The taking of a person into physical custody to be held for appearance before the court.
• the process of taking a person accused of a crime into custody (jail) by a law enforcement officer.
• An arrest is made when a law enforcement officer charges an adult with a criminal act, or violation of law and takes the adult into custody based on probable cause. A juvenile is not "arrested", but "taken into custody" under the identical circumstances.
• This is when the police detain someone, telling them they are not free to leave until further notice. Often, an arrest will take place at the same time as a person is charged with an offence, but not necessarily. ...
• to take, seize, or apprehend a person; the taking of an adult or juvenile into physical custody by authority of law for the purpose of charging that person with a criminal offense or a delinquent act or status offense, terminating with the recording of a specific offense. ...
• Moral restraint imposed on a person by oral or written orders of competent authority limiting the person’s personal liberty pending disposition of charges.
• Hold time in legal custody, either at the scene of a crime or as a result of investigations. Arrest also can be the result of a complaint filed by a third party, an outstanding warrant, or a revocation of probation or parole. http://www.nicic.org/Downloads/PDF/WWGlossary.pdf http://www.ojp. ...
• The seizing of a person and detaining him/her in custody by lawful authority.
• The apprehension of a person suspected of a crime. They may be held in custody or released on bail.
• When a person is taken into custody by a police officer and charged with a crime.
• Seizure of a vessel by legal authority. Several factors, including unpaid debt, may lead to a vessel being arrested.
• To deprive a person of his liberty by legal authority.

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