arrested

  • (verb): To stop the motion of (a person or animal).
  • (verb): To stay, remain.
  • (verb): To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
  • (verb): To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
  • (verb): To catch the attention of.
  • (verb): To undergo cardiac arrest.
  • (adjective): Having been stopped or prevented from developing; terminated prematurely.
  • (adjective): Having been placed under arrest, or having been charged with a crime.
  • The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry.