Apprehension vs. Arrest

Apprehensionnoun

(rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.

Apprehensionnoun

(legal) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.

Apprehensionnoun

perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment

Apprehensionnoun

Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.

Apprehensionnoun

The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.

Apprehensionnoun

Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; dread or fear at the prospect of some future ill.

Apprehensionnoun

The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.

Apprehensionnoun

The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.

Apprehensionnoun

The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.

Apprehensionnoun

Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.

Apprehensionnoun

The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension.

Apprehensionnoun

Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil.

Apprehensionnoun

fearful expectation or anticipation;

Apprehensionnoun

the cognitive condition of someone who understands;

Apprehensionnoun

painful expectation

Apprehensionnoun

the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal);

Arrestnoun

A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.

Arrestnoun

The condition of being stopped, standstill.

Arrestnoun

(legal) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.

Arrestnoun

A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.

Arrestnoun

A device to physically arrest motion.

Arrestnoun

(nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.

Arrestnoun

(obsolete) Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.

Arrestnoun

(farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse.

Arrestverb

To stop the motion of (a person or animal).

Arrestverb

To stay, remain.

Arrestverb

(transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).

Arrestverb

(transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.

Arrestverb

(transitive) To catch the attention of.

Arrestverb

To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.

Arrestverb

To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime.

Arrestverb

To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention.

Arrestverb

To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate.

Arrestverb

To tarry; to rest.

Arrestnoun

The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development.

Arrestnoun

The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant.

Arrestnoun

Any seizure by power, physical or moral.

Arrestnoun

A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; - also named rat-tails.

Arrestnoun

the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal);

Arrestnoun

the state of inactivity following an interruption;

Arrestverb

take into custody;

Arrestverb

hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of;

Arrestverb

attract and fix;

Arrestverb

cause to stop;

Arrest

An arrest is the act of apprehending and taking a person into custody (legal protection or control), usually because the person has been suspected of or observed committing a crime. After being taken into custody, the person can be questioned further and/or charged.