Definitions For Arrest
noun
- The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- The state of inactivity following an interruption
- The act of legally taking and keeping someone (such as a criminal) : the act of arresting someone
- An occurrence in which a part of the body suddenly stops working
verb
- Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- Take into custody
- Attract and fix
- Cause to stop
- To use the power of the law to take and keep (someone, such as a criminal)
- To stop the progress or movement of (something)
- To attract and hold the attention of (someone or something)
Is Arrest a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
6
Words with Friends
6
The word Arrest is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Arrest in a Sentence
- The police arrested him on drug charges.
- The police officer said, “I'm arresting you in the name of the law.”
- The drugs can't arrest the disease's progress, but they can slow it down considerably.
- The police are investigating the case but they have not yet made any arrests.
- She was charged with resisting arrest.
- The information has led to the arrest of three suspects.