2arrest noun
plural arrests 1 : the act of legally taking and keeping someone (such as a criminal) : the act of arresting someone [count] ▪ The police are investigating the case but they have not yet made any arrests. [noncount] ▪ She was charged with resisting arrest. ▪ He has accused the police of wrongful arrest. [=of arresting someone who should not have been arrested] ▪ The information has led to the arrest of three suspects. ▪ The police placed/put her under arrest. [=the police arrested her] — see also citizen's arrest, false arrest, house arrest 2 medical : an occurrence in which a part of the body suddenly stops working [noncount] ▪ The patient went into cardiac arrest. [=the patient's heart stopped beating] [count] ▪ The hospital reported an increase in respiratory arrests. [=instances in which patients stopped breathing]
