arrest
Take into custody
Arrest means to stop or seize.
Police arrest suspects, taking them into custody.
A judge may issue an arrest warrant.
Beyond law enforcement, arrest describes any sudden halt: cardiac arrest is when the heart stops.
Something that arrests your attention captures it completely.
Under arrest means in legal custody.
An arresting image or performance is one that stops you in your tracks.
Locking wrist restraints
- custodyProtective care or control
- detentionTemporary official holding
- jailDetention facility
- bookingAdvance arrangement secured
interrogation · holding cell · lockup · incarceration · prisoner · detainee · police station · fingerprinting
Complete sudden stop
- stopCease all motion
- freezeBecome solid from cold
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- checkOrder to pay
stay · interrupt · suspend · cessation · standstill · block · impede · stall
Formal authorization document
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- chargeCost or accusation
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
defendant · felony · misdemeanor · allegation · accusation · plea · trial · court
Blocked blood to muscle
- defibrillatorHeart-shocking medical device
- CPREmergency revival technique
- cardiopulmonary resuscitationEmergency technique restoring circulation
- flatlineShow no heartbeat
asystole · ventricular fibrillation · chest compressions · AED · resuscitation · paramedic · emergency · pulse
handcuffs
Locking wrist restraints
booking · interrogation · holding cell · lockup · incarceration · prisoner · detainee · police station · fingerprinting · mugshot
apprehend
Seize or understand
nab · collar · pinch · bust · catch · restrain · subdue · tackle · cuff · take into custody
halt
Complete sudden stop
check · stay · interrupt · suspend · cessation · standstill · block · impede · stall · delay
warrant
Formal authorization document
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- chargeCost or accusation
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
prosecution · defendant · felony · misdemeanor · allegation · accusation · plea · trial · court · attorney
heart attack
Blocked blood to muscle
- defibrillatorHeart-shocking medical device
- CPREmergency revival technique
- cardiopulmonary resuscitationEmergency technique restoring circulation
flatline · asystole · ventricular fibrillation · chest compressions · AED · resuscitation · paramedic · emergency · pulse · unconscious
- crime investigationdetective, whodunit, investigation, detectives, investigator
- criminal justicejail, court, prison, crime, guilty
- FBIFBI, agent, special agent, bureau, FBI Academy
- mysteryclue, detective, suspect, clues, sleuth
- mystery fictionwhodunit, whodunnit, sleuth, murder mystery, detective novel
- police workpatrol, stings, investigation, busts, investigations
arrestacceleration
Rate velocity changes
accelerate · continuation · continue · advance · progress
arrestresuscitation
Restoring vital functions
revival · revive · restart · resume · restoration
- under arrestHeld by authorities
- house arrestCourt-ordered domestic detention
- citizens' arrestsPrivate persons detaining suspects
- arrest warrantJudicial order authorizing detention
- citizen's arrestCivilian detaining suspected criminal
- cardiac arrestAbrupt cessation of circulation
arresting, arrested, arrests, arrestable, arrestee, house arrest, arrestingly, rearrest, arrestees