Definition of arrest

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Arrest (v. t.) Any seizure by power, physical or moral..

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Right :: Right (a.) That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a criminal..
Imprison :: Imprison (v. t.) To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime..
Strangulated :: Strangulated (a.) Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression; as, a strangulated hernia..
Jerk :: "Jerk (v. t.) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone..
Designate :: Designate (v. t.) To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested..
Stopped :: Stoppage (n.) The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce..
Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped..
Stop :: Stop (n.) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought..
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a stream, or a flow of blood..
Indorse :: Indorse (v. t.) To write one's name, alone or with other words, upon the back of (a paper), for the purpose of transferring it, or to secure the payment of a /ote, draft, or the like; to guarantee the payment, fulfillment, performance, or validity of, or to certify something upon the back of (a check, draft, writ, warrant of arrest, etc.)..
Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. t.) Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal..
Ergot :: Ergot (n.) The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding..
Rest :: Rest (v. t.) To arrest.
Free :: Free (superl.) Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.
Cairn :: Cairn (n.) A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc..
Arrestive :: Arrestive (a.) Tending to arrest.
Point :: Point (n.) That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as, the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story, etc..
Capias :: Capias (n.) A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; -- also called writ of capias..
Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc..
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