Entry Word: arrest

Function: noun

Meaning: the act of taking or holding under oneʼs control by authority of law <there have been only two arrests for driving while intoxicated in the county in the last six months>

Synonyms apprehension, pinch

Related Words bust [slang], raid; capture, entrapment, seizure; captivity, confinement, detention, enchainment, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, restraint

Near Antonyms emancipation, liberation, release

Antonyms discharge