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arrest

noun: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"

noun: 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"

verb: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

verb: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"

verb: attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"

verb: cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"


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arrest

Length: 6 letters

Scrabble value: 6

Words with Friends value: 6

Literati value: 6

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