Usually means: Detained by authorities for questioning.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word arrested:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. arrested: Merriam-Webster
  2. arrested: Collins English Dictionary
  3. arrested: Vocabulary.com
  4. Arrested, arrested: Wordnik
  5. arrested: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. arrested: Wiktionary
  7. Arrested, arrested: Dictionary.com
  8. arrested: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Arrested (Modern Family), Arrested: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Arrested: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. arrested: Rhymezone
  12. arrested: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. arrested: FreeDictionary.org
  14. arrested: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. Arrested: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. arrested: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. arrested: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. arrested: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. arrested: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. arrested: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. arrested: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See arrest as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (arrested)

adjective:  Having been stopped or prevented from developing; terminated prematurely.
adjective:  Having been placed under arrest, or having been charged with a crime.

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