arrest – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: capture,
gaining control,
seizure,
inactiveness,
inactivity,
inaction,
clutch,
prehend,
seize,
defend,
pull in,
draw in,
attract,
pull,
draw,
stop
arrest
v.
detain; delay, slow down, stop; imprison
n.
detention; imprisonment
Arrest
An
arrest is the act of depriving a person of their
liberty usually in relation to the purported
investigation or prevention of
crime and presenting (the arrestee) to a procedure as part of the criminal justice system. The term is
Anglo-Norman in origin and is related to the French word
arrêt, meaning "stop".
arrest
Noun
1. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
(synonym) apprehension, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody
(hypernym) capture, gaining control, seizure
(derivation) collar, nail, apprehend, pick up, nab, cop
2. 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"
(synonym) check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage
(hypernym) inaction, inactivity, inactiveness
(hyponym) countercheck
Verb
1. take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
(synonym) collar, nail, apprehend, pick up, nab, cop
(hypernym) seize, prehend, clutch
(derivation) apprehension, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody
2. 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 Sout East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
(synonym) check, turn back, stop, contain, hold back
(hypernym) defend
(hyponym) cut down, cut out
3. attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"
(synonym) catch, get
(hypernym) attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in
4. cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
(synonym) halt, hold
(hypernym) stop
(derivation) arrester, arrester hook
Arrest (der)
nm.
arrest, detention, imprison
arrest
n.
arrest, detention; imprisonment
