arrest

• To stop
• take into custody
• the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
• the state of inactivity following an interruption
• hold back, as of a danger or an enemy
• attract and fix
• cause to stop
• To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law
• To seize on and fix
• To rest or fasten
• To tarry
• The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc
• The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law
• Any seizure by power, physical or moral
• A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse
• Residential area (city, town, village) in France in Picardie

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