1 [VN] [oftenpassive] ~ sb (for sth) if the police arrest sb, the person is taken to a POLICESTATION and kept there because the police believe they may be guilty of a crime:
A man has been arrested in connection with the robbery. * Five people were arrested for drug-related offences. * You could get arrested for doing that.
2 [VN] (formal) to stop a process or a development:
They failed to arrest the company's decline.
3 [VN] (formal) to make sb notice sth and pay attention to it:
An unusual noise arrested his attention.
4 [V] if sb arrests, their heart stops beating:
He arrested in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.
noun [C,U]
1 the act of arresting sb:
The police made several arrests. * a citizen's arrest (= by a member of the public, not the police) * She was under arrest on suspicion of murder. * Opposition leaders were put under house arrest (= not allowed to leave their houses).
2 an act of sth stopping or being interrupted:
He died after suffering a cardiac arrest (= when his heart suddenly stopped).
