ALL meanings of rearrest
ar·rest
R r - verb with object rearrest to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar. 1
- verb with object rearrest to catch and hold; attract and fix; engage: The loud noise arrested our attention. 1
- verb with object rearrest to check the course of; stop; slow down: to arrest progress. 1
- verb with object rearrest Medicine/Medical. to control or stop the active progress of (a disease): The new drug did not arrest the cancer. 1
- noun rearrest the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law. 1
- noun rearrest any seizure or taking by force. 1
- noun rearrest an act of stopping or the state of being stopped: the arrest of tooth decay. 1
- noun rearrest Machinery. any device for stopping machinery; stop. 1
- idioms rearrest under arrest, in custody of the police or other legal authorities: They placed the suspect under arrest at the scene of the crime. 1
- verb rearrest to arrest someone who has committed a crime for a second time 0
- verb rearrest to arrest someone who has escaped from custody 0