Clues for the word "ARREST"
We've had 119 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 294 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on March 18, 2025.
Definition of arrest
- v. t. - To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.
- v. t. - To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime.
- v. t. - To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention.
- v. t. - To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate.
- v. i. - To tarry; to rest.
- v. t. - The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development.
- v. t. - The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant.
- v. t. - Any seizure by power, physical or moral.
- v. t. - A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails.
Referring Clues
- Check
- Pick up
- Police datum
- You don't want to be under this
- Run in
- Collar
- Take in
- Seizure
- Record listing
- Take into custody
- Put in a 31-Down, perhaps
- Undesirable part of a record
- Halt
- Bring in
- Stop
- Make a collar
- Put the collar on
- Cop's collar
- Fix, as one's attention
- Run in, so to speak
- Nab
- Put a stop to
- Scene from "Cops," e.g.
- Slap the cuffs on
- Take to the clink
- Collar, so to speak
- Stop cold
- Apprehend
- Citizens can make it
- Flatfoot's collar
- Bad thing to be under
- Bring to a halt
- Flatfoot's accomplishment
- Put a collar on?
- See 70-Across
- Run in, and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues
- Collar, as a thug
- Record producer?
- Police action
- Run in, as for a misdemeanor
- Citizen's -
- Haul in
- Bust
- Pick up and haul in
- A cop might put someone under it
- Halt the progress of
- Seize by legal authority
- It may follow an indictment
- Seize with authority
- Bring to a standstill
- Take downtown, perhaps
- Cop collar
- Incarcerate
- Take in for booking
- Emulate a police officer
- Rap-sheet datum
- Keep from spreading
- See 61-Across
- Place in custody
- Do a cop's job
- Staunch
- One thing a cop might do
- Slow or stop
- Part of a record
- Capture
- Cop's highlight
- Catch
- Stop artist ascending with others
- Check half-year balance
- Stop translating Sartre
- Miles Davis "You're Under ___"
- Item on some rockers' rap sheets
- Detain
- Stop being a policeman?
- Pull in and stop
- Stop - take into custody
- Stop and stare foolishly around the tourist centre
- Stop for half a year and do no work
- Stop (on suspicion)
- Stop for a b-break
- Sartre's letters giving rise to apprehension
- Stop - detain
- Put a stop to a Republican holiday
- Capture a spider, say
- Detention for translating Sartre?
- Apprehend or take into custody
- Stop and have a breather, do you hear?(6)
- Stop the others by a river
- Take a b-break
- Police procedure
- Halt (progress)
- Nab perps
- Blotter entry
- Stop a rebel leader and others
- Stop others following a ringleader
- Stem
- Rap-sheet entry
- Cessation of criminal activity
- Slap cuffs on
- Stop and stare wildly around at a redhead
- Pick up, after tips, the others
- Rap sheet listing
- Something you don't want to be under
- Put in handcuffs
- Take into police custody
- What a good tip can lead to
- Put handcuffs on
- Seize legally
- Slow down
- Really captivate
- Stop being a policeman?
- Put a halt to
- Keep from advancing
- With apprehension, stop
- Seize
- Stop the progress of
- Imprison
- Stop taking half a year for a holiday!
- What the police do sometimes
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 13, 2025
- Daily American - January 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 30, 2024
- Your Life Choices - December 20, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 20, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - December 19, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - December 17, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 07, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 06, 2024
- Mirror Mini - October 30, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - October 29, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - August 25, 2024
- Mirror Daily - August 15, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - August 12, 2024
- Mirror Daily - July 31, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 28, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 13, 2024
- Mirror Daily - July 08, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - July 07, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - July 01, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - June 04, 2024
- Family Time - May 06, 2024
- Mirror Daily - April 16, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - April 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - March 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - February 27, 2024
- And in 264 more crossword puzzles...