aresztować — meaning in English

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.

Senses

aresztować 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.]
• lock up (transitive) To imprison or incarcerate (someone).

apprehend — full definition

1. verb To arrest someone, especially a suspected criminal.
2. verb To understand or grasp something mentally.
3. verb To anticipate something, usually with worry or fear.

arrest — full definition

1. verb To take someone into custody under legal authority, typically on suspicion of a crime.
2. verb To stop or slow down a process or movement.
3. noun The act of taking someone into legal custody.

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