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Synonyms for under arrest

Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-rest
Phonetic Transcription : əˈrɛst

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Définition of under arrest

Origin :
  • "to cause to stop," also "to detain legally," late 14c., from Old French arester "to stay, stop" (Modern French arrêter), from Vulgar Latin *arrestare (source of Italian arrestare, Spanish and Portuguese arrestar), from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + restare "to stop, remain behind, stay back" (see rest (n.2)). Figurative sense of "to catch and hold" (the attention, etc.) is from 1814.
  • As in arrested : adj taken into custody
  • As in booked : adj arrested
  • As in caught : adj taken
  • As in jailed : adj arrested
Example sentences :
  • The orders, Major, are that you place him under arrest the moment he steps ashore.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • It is what I understood him to say last night when I ordered him under arrest.
  • Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Mr. Correy, place Tipene under arrest, and bring him here at once.
  • Extract from : « The Death-Traps of FX-31 » by Sewell Peaslee Wright
  • I'd rather be under arrest three days a week, than be at it again.
  • Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • But you can't go out to fight; you are under arrest, you lunatic!
  • Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
  • The general's orders to me were to put you under arrest, not to carve you into small pieces.
  • Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
  • She heard all their words, and the final ones: “Captain Monroe, you are under arrest!”
  • Extract from : « The Bondwoman » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • If he said, “You are under arrest” to her, it should be to his own wife!
  • Extract from : « The Bondwoman » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • The colonel went to the general, and the general almost put him under arrest.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • He was under arrest—for some crime that he had not committed.
  • Extract from : « The Doctor of Pimlico » by William Le Queux

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