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arrest v. [
collar, nail, apprehend, pick up, nab, cop] take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
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arrest n. [
apprehension, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody] the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
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arrest v. [
check, turn back, stop, contain, hold back] 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"
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arrest v. [
catch, get] attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"
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arrest n. [
check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage] 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"
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