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# arrest

«arrest» in Mova's school dictionary: **for the police to take them away because they may have…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (arrest, arrests, arrested, arresting); noun (an arrest, arrests)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To arrest someone is for the police to take them away because they may have broken the law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#m1)

2) An arrest is when the police do this. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#m2)

3) To arrest can mean to stop something, like arresting the spread of a disease. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#m3)

4) Cardiac arrest is when the heart suddenly stops pumping properly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#m4)

5) To arrest someone's attention is to catch it and hold it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In citizenship lessons, police officers arrest people they think have committed crimes, and then a court decides. In stories, the detective solves the mystery and the thief is arrested. In first aid, cardiac arrest is an emergency: call for help and use CPR and a defibrillator. Phrases: «under arrest», «make an arrest», «cardiac arrest».

### examples

- The police arrested the thief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#x1)
- «You're under arrest!» said the officer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#x2)
- The police made two arrests after the robbery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#x3)
- The man was arrested for stealing a car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#x4)
- Doctors tried to arrest the spread of the disease. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#x5)
- Cardiac arrest means the heart has stopped beating properly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#x6)
- In the story, the detective arrested the butler. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#x7)
- Being arrested does not always mean someone is guilty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#x8)
- What arrested him was this reflection: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/#x9)

### note

Past form: arrested. Countable noun: an arrest. Trap: being arrested is not the same as being found guilty; a court decides that. «Arresting» as an adjective means very striking and eye-catching.

### In the corpora

- [Being arrested means the police think someone may have committed a crime and will question them; it is not yet proof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/8/)
- [Jokes about bombs or weapons at an airport are treated as real threats, and people can be arrested for them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/271-airports-and-planes/18/)
- [Real police do not ask for payment by message or phone; «pay or be arrested» messages are scare scams.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «arrest» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arrest/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.