{
    "term": "arrest",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "arrest",
            "heSheIt": "arrests"
        },
        "pastSimple": "arrested",
        "pastParticiple": "arrested",
        "ingForm": "arresting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "if the police arrest somebody, the person is taken to a police station and kept there because the police believe they may be guilty of a crime",
            "sensetop": "arrest somebodyarrest somebody for somethingarrest somebody for doing something",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)(especially US English)(especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A man has been **arrested in connection with** the robbery.",
                    "contextForm": "arrest somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two youths have since been **arrested on suspicion of** murder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police arrested three suspects."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was arrested on corruption charges."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was **arrested and charged** with arson."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was arrested for drug-related offences.",
                    "contextForm": "arrest somebody for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You could **get arrested** for doing that.",
                    "contextForm": "arrest somebody for doing something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to stop a process or a development",
            "sensetop": "arrest something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They failed to arrest the company's decline."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The spread of the disease can be arrested with drugs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Steps need to be taken quickly to arrest the deterioration in the countries' relationship."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to make somebody notice something and pay attention to it",
            "sensetop": "arrest something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "An unusual noise **arrested his attention**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "if somebody arrests, their heart stops beating",
            "labels": "(medical)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He arrested on the way to the hospital."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈrest/",
                "audio": "ar/arrest/arrest__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈrests/",
                "audio": "ar/arrest/arrests__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈrestɪd/",
                "audio": "ar/arrest/arrested__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈrestɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ar/arrest/arresting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈrest/",
                "audio": "ar/arrest/arrest__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈrests/",
                "audio": "ar/arrest/arrests__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈrestɪd/",
                "audio": "ar/arrest/arrested__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈrestɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ar/arrest/arresting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French arester, based on Latin ad- ‘at, to’ + restare ‘remain, stop’."
}