arrest

Universal Words verb, noun verb 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).