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/əˈrest/ 
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | arrest |
| he/she/it | arrests |
| present participle | arresting |
| past tense | arrested |
| past participle | arrested |
- 1if the police arrest someone, they take that person to a police station because they believe he or she has committed a crime. Someone who has been arrested is under arrest, and if they are not allowed to leave, they are in custody
Police raided the store at dawn, arresting six men and seizing hundreds of pirated CDs.
arrest someone for something:He was arrested for possession of illegal drugs.
arrest someone on charges/suspicion of something:She has been arrested on suspicion of using a stolen credit card.
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