Antonyms for under arrest

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uh-rest

Phonetic Transcription : əˈrɛst

Definition 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

Synonyms for under arrest

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