арестувам — meaning in English
arestuvam
Bulgarian → English · translate English → Bulgarian instead
English meaning
- apprehend verb To arrest someone, especially a suspected criminal.
- arrest verb To take someone into custody under legal authority, typically on suspicion of a crime.
- bust verb To break something, especially by force.
- cop noun (informal) A police officer.
- grab verb To take hold of something suddenly and firmly.
- nab verb To catch or arrest someone, especially a criminal.
- pinch verb To squeeze a bit of skin or an object tightly between the thumb and finger.
Senses
арестувам is used for these senses in English:
- apprehend (law enforcement) To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
- arrest (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. [from 14th c.]
- bust (transitive, slang) To arrest (someone or a group of people) for a crime.
- cop (transitive) To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
- grab To restrain someone; to arrest.
- nab (informal, transitive) To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive).
- pinch (horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
- pinch (figurative) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
apprehend — full definition
- verb To arrest someone, especially a suspected criminal.
- verb To understand or grasp something mentally.
- verb To anticipate something, usually with worry or fear.
arrest — full definition
- verb To take someone into custody under legal authority, typically on suspicion of a crime.
- verb To stop or slow down a process or movement.
- noun The act of taking someone into legal custody.