arrest

A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.

The condition of being stopped, standstill.

cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest

The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.

State police made a total of 15 drug-related arrests across the city.

A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.

A device to physically arrest motion.

To stop the motion of (a person, animal, or body part).

An vncouth paine torments my grieued ſoule, And death arreſts the organe of my voyce.

Nor could her virtues, nor repeated vows Of thousand lovers, the relentless hand Of Death arrest;

To stay, remain.

A white Starre[…]whiche to every mans sighte did lighte and arrest apon the Standard of Albry.

To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).

To try to arrest the spiral of violence, I contacted Chief Buthelezi to arrange a meeting.

1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables …Western reason had entered the age of judgement.

To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.

The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry.

The suspect merchant ship has been arrested by customs officers.

To catch the attention of.

There is something about this picture—something bold and vigorous, which arrests the attention. I feel sure it would be highly popular.