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Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped..

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

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..

Arresting :: Arresting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arres.

Bail :: Bail (v./t.) To set free, or deliver from arrest, or out of custody, on the undertaking of some other person or persons that he or they will be responsible for the appearance, at a certain day and place, of the person bailed..

Imprison :: Imprison (v. t.) To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.

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..

Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate.

Arrestee :: Arrestee (v.) The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment.

Unattached :: Unattached (a.) Not taken or arrested.

Warrant :: Warrant (n.) A precept issued by a magistrate authorizing an officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search, or do other acts incident to the administration of justice..

Arrested :: Arrested (imp. & p. p.) of Arres.

Arrestive :: Arrestive (a.) Tending to arrest.

Arret :: Arret (n.) An arrest; a legal seizure.

Acupressure :: Acupressure (n.) A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface..

Thirst :: Thirst (n.) A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation..

Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief..

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..

Pause :: Pause (n.) In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses..

Caption :: Caption (n.) The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process.

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