arrest

/əˈrest/ n [C/U] (CATCH)

Definition

› the act of using legal authority to catch and take someone to a place where the person may be accused of a crime: [C] FBI agents made the arrest. [U] He was placed under arrest by federal marshals.

(Definition of arrest n (CATCH) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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