Definition of Arrest

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Arrest

To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.

To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime.

To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention.

To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate.

To tarry; to rest.

The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development.

The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant.

Any seizure by power, physical or moral.

A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails.

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Arrest Quotations

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
Mohandas Gandhi

One does not arrest Voltaire.
Charles De Gaulle

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.
William Faulkner

My bed isn't made, I'm tired, I haven't slept well for two weeks. I haven't been laid in a month. I don't have a girlfriend. I have a warrant for my arrest.
Layne Staley

If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life. To be thus helpful it is necessary rigorously to avoid the arrest of spontaneous movements and the imposition of arbitrary tasks.
Maria Montessori

I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me, and at length the longing has been satisfied.
Julia Margaret Cameron

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his own development. A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly.
Andre Gide

You can't arrest me, I'm a rockstar.
Sid Vicious

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.
Horace

Your commanders have ordered you to storm the White House and to arrest me. But I as the elected President of Russia give you the order to turn your tanks and not to fight against your own people.
Boris Yeltsin

Arrest Translations

arrest in Danish is arrestere
arrest in Dutch is aanhouding, arrestatie
arrest in German is Einhalt gebieten, festnehmen, Haft, Festnahme
arrest in Italian is detenzione, arrestare, arresto
arrest in Latin is intertio, capio, prehendo, comprehendo

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