Quick definitions from WordNet (arrest)
▸ noun: the state of inactivity following an interruption ("The negotiations were in arrest")
▸ noun: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
▸ verb: attract and fix
▸ verb: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of ("Arrest the downward trend")
▸ verb: cause to stop ("Arrest the progress")
▸ verb: take into custody
▸ Also see arrest
▸ noun: the state of inactivity following an interruption ("The negotiations were in arrest")
▸ noun: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
▸ verb: attract and fix
▸ verb: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of ("Arrest the downward trend")
▸ verb: cause to stop ("Arrest the progress")
▸ verb: take into custody
▸ Also see arrest