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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..

Halt :: Halt (n.) A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress..

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..

Watchhouse :: Watchhouse (n.) A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup.

Raid :: Raid (n.) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury..

Jerk :: "Jerk (v. t.) To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off..

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..

Check :: Check (n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check..

Attach :: Attach (v. t.) To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment, 4..

Protection :: Protection (n.) A writing that protects or secures from molestation or arrest; a pass; a safe-conduct; a passport.

Arrest :: Arrest (v. i.) To tarry; to rest.

Arrester :: Arrester (n.) The person at whose suit an arrestment is made.

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

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..

Privilege :: Privilege (v. t.) To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest..

Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention..

Suppressible :: Suppress (v. t.) To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage..

Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development..

Degradation :: Degradation (n.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole..

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

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