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ALL meanings of arrestable

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  • 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
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