Definition of arrest

• the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
• the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
• take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"