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Is arrest a Scrabble word?
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noun (English)
1. (law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.Examples: "State police made a total of 15 drug-related arrests across the city."countableuncountable
2. (nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.countableuncountable
3. (obsolete) Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.Examples: "The sad stories of fire from heaven, the burning of his sheep, etc., […] were sad arrests to his troubled spirit."countableobsoleteuncountable
4. (farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horsecountableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (obsolete, transitive) To stop the motion of (a person, animal, or body part).Examples: "An vncouth paine torments my grieued ſoule, And death arreſts the organe of my voyce."; "Nor could her virtues, nor repeated vows Of thousand lovers, the relentless hand Of Death arrest;"; "Mr. Van Rensberg broke the spell by arresting Martha as she trailed past him on Billy's arm, by pointing his pipestem at her and saying, ‘Hey, Matty, come here a minute.’"Synonyms: freezeobsoletetransitive
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To stay, remain.Examples: "A white Starre[…]whiche to every mans sighte did lighte and arrest apon the Standard of Albry."intransitiveobsolete
3. (transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).Examples: "To try to arrest the spiral of violence, I contacted Chief Buthelezi to arrange a meeting."; "1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables …Western reason had entered the age of judgement."Synonyms: ceasetransitive
4. (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.Examples: "The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry."; "The suspect merchant ship has been arrested by customs officers."; "I arrest thee of high treason."Synonyms: apprehendtransitive
5. (transitive) To catch the attention of.Examples: "There is something about this picture—something bold and vigorous, which arrests the attention. I feel sure it would be highly popular."Synonyms: attracttransitive
6. (intransitive, medicine) To undergo cardiac arrest.Examples: "Realizing the mistake immediately from the outline of the RCA on the fluoroscope screen, he rapidly removed the catheter – just as his patient arrested."intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary