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  • arrest :the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
    • the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar

  • arrest :take into custody
    • the police nabbed the suspected criminals

  • arrest :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

  • arrest :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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