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arrest

NounSuru VerbTransitive Verb

Definitions

1. arrest
2. roundup

This noun and verb (する) refers to the act of police arresting or apprehending a suspect. It is a formal legal term used in news reports and official contexts to describe when law enforcement detains someone believed to have committed a crime.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

Analysis of the surveillance footage led to the suspect's arrest.

Sentence 2

If a colleague were arrested, the project would grind to a halt, right?

Sentence 3

Just to confirm — is there any record of this person actually being arrested?

Sentence 4

The board of directors decided on a PR policy for when an executive is arrested.

Sentence 5

Apparently some guy who was on the run got arrested in that alley.