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as in seizes
to take or keep under one's control by authority of law
the inept robber was promptly arrested by the off-duty policeman he had tried to hold up
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as in stops
to bring (something) to a standstill
cryogenics is based on the idea that extreme cold can almost arrest molecular motion
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as in enchants
to hold the attention of as if by a spell
the sight of the daredevil walking a tightrope between high-rises arrested area pedestrians and motorists alike
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as in raids
the act of taking into one's control by authority of law
there have been only two arrests for driving while intoxicated in the county in the last six months
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as in cessations
the stopping of a process or activity
"hemostasis" is the technical term for arrest of bleeding
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Recent Examples of arrests
Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
Devlin throws a punch at Stone when the chief arrests him for drunken driving.
—Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
The horrid image in the news of a column of smoke rising above the city of Tehran — an abyss of darkness against the gray sky — arrests my attention.
—Babak Rahimi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
The Department of Damage Control arrests Trevor.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 27 Jan. 2026
The sheer scale of an estate for sale in San Francisco’s tony Pacific Heights neighborhood — a residence spanning 26,000 square feet, or the equivalent of 10 average homes — arrests the imagination.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Bascombe is the one who arrests Jamie Miller (Cooper) under suspicion of murder.
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
Police officer Hugo Crussi (Vogrincic) traces the voice to a young preacher, Jonas Flores (Zurita), and arrests him.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
Unless otherwise noted, no arrests were made in either incident.
—Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 14 June 2026
No charges or arrests have been made related to that incident.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 13 June 2026
That has resulted in a wave of arrests of senior police officers.
—Michelle Gumede, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
More arrests in Cuba Detentions and imprisonment of ordinary citizens who are not activists or government opponents have increased in recent months.
—Sarah Moreno
june 5, Miami Herald, 6 June 2026
The three arrests were ultimately dismissed and sealed, the sources said.
—Barry Williams, New York Daily News, 5 June 2026
Verb
Keith arrests our thinking, and cons us into suppressing our critical faculties with the same kind of internalized surveillance that philosopher Michel Foucault broke down to describe a prison’s use of the panopticon in Discipline and Punish.
—Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
Devlin throws a punch at Stone when the chief arrests him for drunken driving.
—Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
The horrid image in the news of a column of smoke rising above the city of Tehran — an abyss of darkness against the gray sky — arrests my attention.
—Babak Rahimi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
The Department of Damage Control arrests Trevor.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 27 Jan. 2026
The sheer scale of an estate for sale in San Francisco’s tony Pacific Heights neighborhood — a residence spanning 26,000 square feet, or the equivalent of 10 average homes — arrests the imagination.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Bascombe is the one who arrests Jamie Miller (Cooper) under suspicion of murder.
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
Police officer Hugo Crussi (Vogrincic) traces the voice to a young preacher, Jonas Flores (Zurita), and arrests him.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
Additional videos posted online appeared to show police making arrests amid the celebrations.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
Unless otherwise noted, no arrests were made in either incident.
—Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 14 June 2026
No charges or arrests have been made related to that incident.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 13 June 2026
That has resulted in a wave of arrests of senior police officers.
—Michelle Gumede, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
More arrests in Cuba Detentions and imprisonment of ordinary citizens who are not activists or government opponents have increased in recent months.
—Sarah Moreno
june 5, Miami Herald, 6 June 2026
The three arrests were ultimately dismissed and sealed, the sources said.
—Barry Williams, New York Daily News, 5 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrests
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Trump seizes America’s 250th-birthday spotlight, headlining the Great American State Fair, hosting a UFC bout at the White House and promoting new passports, $250 bills and coins bearing his image.—
Will Weissert,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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Ellie brings up the salad and seizes the opportunity to take credit for her part in making lunch.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
26 May 2026
Verb
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Your success stops feeling hollow.—
Chris Schembra,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2026
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There is no single treatment that stops the allergic march in its tracks, but there are ways to slow its progress.—
Dr. Daniel DiGiacomo,
Boston Herald,
7 June 2026
Verb
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Allegheny National Forest, just around 90 minutes from Erie, Pennsylvania, enchants with rolling peaks that reflect off calm, paddle-friendly waterways.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2026
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Ella has shades of Holly Hunter's intense, workaholic producer Jane from Brooks' 1987 masterpiece Broadcast News, the smartest person in any room who both exhausts and enchants everyone around her.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Time,
12 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Barreto noted that Pratt didn’t take a strong stand against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, hurting his appeal to Latinos.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Demonstrators in Omaha after immigration raids in June 2025.—
Nicole Acevedo,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Temporary cessations of hostility, but no permanent closing of the moral and social divide between debtor and creditor, and no giving up on the thought that some lives matter more than others.—
Henry Freedland,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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John Early, as anyone encountering his work soon apprehends, chooses the latter.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
7 June 2026
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Though the team immediately apprehends a suspect, the Marshals end up taking criticism from both sides.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
21 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The late-night order halts what would have been the nation’s ninth nitrogen execution, a rare reprieve in a state where recent nitrogen deaths involved shaking, gasping and prolonged suffering.—
Kim Chandler,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Filing for bankruptcy can trigger an automatic stay that generally halts most collection actions, including lawsuits, garnishments and bank levies, while the case is being processed.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
Verb
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There is something about the play Harvey that fascinates me, especially for right now.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
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Part of what fascinates and frustrates as regards Ginsberg is that for all of those thick anthologies, propriety forces me to concede that many of the poems simply aren’t that good.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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“Arrests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrests. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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