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The correct spelling is arrest.
How to pronounce arrest
/əˈɹɛst/
nounIPA: /əˈɹɛst/
Say it like: Arr-est
The correct spelling is arrest. A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something. For example: "The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry."
Usage Examples
“The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.
- 2.The condition of being stopped, standstill.
- 3.The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
- 4.A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
- 5.A device to physically arrest motion.
verb
- 1.To stop the motion of (a person or animal).
- 2.To stay, remain.
- 3.To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
- 4.To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
- 5.To catch the attention of.
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