ALL meanings of arrestable
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A a - adjective arrestable An arrestable offence is an offence that you can be arrested for. 3
- adjective arrestable liable to be arrested 3
- adjective arrestable (of an offence) such that an offender may be arrested without a warrant 3
- noun arrestable Capable of, or suitable for, being arrested (taken into police custody). 1
- verb with object arrestable to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar. 1
- verb with object arrestable to catch and hold; attract and fix; engage: The loud noise arrested our attention. 1
- verb with object arrestable to check the course of; stop; slow down: to arrest progress. 1
- verb with object arrestable Medicine/Medical. to control or stop the active progress of (a disease): The new drug did not arrest the cancer. 1
- noun arrestable the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law. 1
- noun arrestable any seizure or taking by force. 1
- noun arrestable an act of stopping or the state of being stopped: the arrest of tooth decay. 1
- noun arrestable Machinery. any device for stopping machinery; stop. 1
- idioms arrestable under arrest, in custody of the police or other legal authorities: They placed the suspect under arrest at the scene of the crime. 1
- adjective arrestable (law enforcement) Capable of, or suitable for, being arrested (taken into police custody). 0
- adjective arrestable (law) For which one can be arrested (taken into police custody). 0