Phrase Hound found 19 phrases and 22 compound words that contain arrest. The most common are listed below. Open arrest in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 19
- cardiac arrestThe sudden and complete cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood.
- house arrestConfinement of a person to his or her residence, sometimes with a limited travel allowance, ordered by a judge or other authority as a more lenient alternative to imprisonment.
- arrest warrantAn official document that authorizes law-enforcement officials to arrest a named person and to bring that individual before a court of law or other authority.
- under arrestArrested by the police.
- false arrestThe act of holding someone in custody without reasonable grounds.
- am I under arrestAsked to authority, to ascertain if one is being arrested.
- citizen's arrestAn arrest made by a person who is not acting as a sworn law enforcement official to detain a suspected criminal until the police can be summoned.
- self-arrestAny of various mountaineering maneuvers in which a climber who has fallen and is sliding down a slope halts the slide without recourse to a rope or other belay system.
- de-arrestAlternative form of dearrest: To release (a person) from arrest.
- arrest warrantsplural of arrest warrant: An official document that authorizes law-enforcement officials to arrest a named person and to bring that individual before a court of law or other authority.
- warrant of arrestAlternative form of arrest warrant: An official document that authorizes law-enforcement officials to arrest a named person and to bring that individual before a court of law or other authority.
- resisting arrestThe crime of obstructing or opposing a police officer who is making an arrest.
- cardiopulmonary arrestSynonym of asystole: An absence of a systole; a failure of the heart to contract.
- arrest-me-redOf a bright red colour.
- re-arrestAlternative form of rearrest: To arrest again.
- growth arrest lineA line of increased bone density that represents the position of the growth plate at the time of insult to the organism and formed on long bones due to growth arrest.
- growth arrest linesplural of growth arrest line: A line of increased bone density that represents the position of the growth plate at the time of insult to the organism and formed on long bones due to growth arrest.
- warrants of arrestplural of warrant of arrest: An official document that authorizes law-enforcement officials to arrest a named person and to bring that individual before a court of law or other authority.
- pretextual arrestSynonym of pretextual stop: The stopping by police of a motor vehicle in the case of a minor infringement of the law, in order to investigate other suspected criminal activity.
Compound words 22
- arrestorAlternative form of arrester: One who places another under arrest.
- arrestableCapable of, or suitable for, being arrested (taken into police custody).
- arrestiveTending to arrest.
- unarrestTo release (an arrested person) from custody.
- arrestmentThe action of arresting (in any sense)
- overarrestTo arrest at a disproportionately high rate.
- underarrestTo arrest at a disproportionately low rate.
- arrestabilityThe state or quality of being arrestable.
- nonarrestA situation in which someone is not arrested by the police.
- prearrestPrior to the arrest of a suspect.