verb

to arrest someone

noun

the act of arresting someone

verb

if 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

noun

a situation in which the police arrest someone that they believe has committed a crime

noun

a search of someone’s body and clothing for weapons or drugs, made by a police officer or other official

verb

if the police book someone, they take them to the police station and make a record of their crime

noun

someone who tries to catch criminals in order to receive a reward

a British spelling of breathalyze

verb

if police officers breathalyze a driver, they use a breathalyzer to check how much alcohol the driver has drunk

noun

a test in which police officers check how much alcohol a driver has drunk using a breathalyzer

noun

an occasion when the police go into a place to search it for illegal goods or activities, especially those relating to drugs

verb

if someone is busted, they are arrested, especially for offences relating to drugs

verb

if the police bust a place, they search it for illegal goods or activities, especially those relating to drugs

verb

if the police catch someone, they find them and arrest them

to find and arrest someone who has committed a crime after searching for them or chasing them

noun

an official warning that the police give when they arrest someone, to tell them that anything they say may be used as evidence against them

noun

an official warning from the police to someone who has broken the law, stating that they will be punished if they do it again

verb

when the police caution someone they are arresting, they warn them officially that anything they say may be used as evidence against them

verb

when the police caution someone who has broken the law, they warn them officially that they will be punished if they do it again

noun

an official statement accusing someone of committing a crime

noun

an official record in which the police write down the names of people they have accused of a crime

verb

to accuse someone officially of committing a crime and ask them to reply to the charge or defend themselves

noun

an arrest made by an ordinary person, not a police officer

noun

someone who the police have no information about because they have not been arrested in the past

noun

an occasion when the police arrest someone

noun

someone arrested by the police

verb

to catch or arrest someone

to come to a place in order to arrest someone

verb

to handcuff someone

noun

a military or police attack made at the beginning of the day, so that the people being attacked will not be prepared for it

verb

to keep someone in a police station or prison and not allow them to leave

noun

the state of being kept in a police station or prison and not being allowed to leave

verb

if the police do you for a crime, they catch you and you are punished

verb

if the police fingerprint someone, they make a copy of their fingerprints

if you give yourself up, you allow yourself to be arrested by the police

to try to arrest or punish someone

verb

to put handcuffs on someone

noun

a process in which you look at a line of people to see if you recognize the person who committed a crime

noun

an official meeting in which the police ask someone questions about a crime

verb

if the police interview someone about a crime, they ask them questions about it

noun

a line of people that the police use to find out if someone who saw a crime recognizes any of them. The usual British word is identity parade.

noun

in the US, the legal rights of a person who is arrested by the police, including the right to be silent and to ask for the advice of a lawyer

verb

to catch or arrest someone who has done something wrong or illegal

verb

to arrest someone

to arrest someone and take them away in a car

if the police pull someone in, they arrest them

if the police pull a vehicle over, they order its driver to stop at the side of the road

verb

if the police question someone, they ask them questions to find out what they know about a crime

noun

a situation in which people, for example the police, ask someone questions

noun

an action by police officers in which they suddenly enter a place in order to arrest people or search for something such as illegal drugs

verb

to use force to enter a place suddenly in order to arrest people or search for something such as illegal drugs

noun

a statement by the police accusing someone of committing a crime

noun

a list of someone’s arrests and the crimes that they are guilty of committing

to find and arrest people

to find a criminal and take them to a police station.

noun

a formal written account of events that a person who has seen a crime or who has been accused of a crime gives to the police

noun

someone who the police believe may have committed a crime

adjective

a suspected criminal is one who the courts have not yet proved guilty

verb

to catch someone such as a criminal, especially by forcing them into a place that they cannot escape from

noun

someone who tries to catch and punish criminals by themselves, without waiting for the police

to get enough evidence to prove that someone is guilty of a crime

because the police or the authorities think you have committed a crime