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arrest verb

  /əˈɹɛst/
  • (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. [from 14th c.]
 prender
  • (transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.). [from 14th c.]
 deter, parar
  • (transitive) To catch the attention of. [from 19th c.]
 engajar

arrest noun

  /əˈɹɛst/
  • (legal) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
 prisão, detenção
  • A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
 cárcere, prisão
  • The condition of being stopped, standstill.
 detenção

arrested

preso
house arrest
prisão domiciliar, prisão domiciliária
cardiac arrest
parada cardíaca, paragem cardíaca
arrest warrant
mandado de prisão
am I under arrest
estou sendo presa?, estou sendo preso?
arrest forcibly
deter
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