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# arrest

verb (arrest, arrests, arrested, arresting); noun (an arrest, arrests)

«arrest» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To arrest someone is for the police to take them away because they may have broken the law. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#m1)
2. An arrest is when the police do this. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#m2)
3. To arrest can mean to stop something, like arresting the spread of a disease. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#m3)
4. Cardiac arrest is when the heart suddenly stops pumping properly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#m4)
5. To arrest someone's attention is to catch it and hold it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#m5)

### In the lessons

In citizenship lessons, police officers arrest people they think have committed crimes, and then a court decides. In stories, the detective solves the mystery and the thief is arrested. In first aid, cardiac arrest is an emergency: call for help and use CPR and a defibrillator. Phrases: «under arrest», «make an arrest», «cardiac arrest».

### Examples

- The police arrested the thief. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#x1)
- «You're under arrest!» said the officer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#x2)
- The police made two arrests after the robbery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#x3)
- The man was arrested for stealing a car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#x4)
- Doctors tried to arrest the spread of the disease. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#x5)
- Cardiac arrest means the heart has stopped beating properly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#x6)
- In the story, the detective arrested the butler. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#x7)
- Being arrested does not always mean someone is guilty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#x8)
- What arrested him was this reflection: [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#x9)

### Note

Past form: arrested. Countable noun: an arrest. Trap: being arrested is not the same as being found guilty; a court decides that. «Arresting» as an adjective means very striking and eye-catching.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «arrest» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«arrest» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/arrest.html) on Mova free.