Arrest

Definition

arrest /ǝ'rest/ v ၁။ ~ sb (for sth) ဖမ္းဆီးသည္။ After the match three youths were arrested. ❍ Five people were arrested for drugs-related offences. ၂။ ( fml ) ရပ္ေစ သည္။ တန္႔ေစသည္။ arrest a decline in share prices ❍ Attempts are being made to arrest the spread of the disease. ၃။ ( fml ) အာ႐ံုကို ဖမ္းစားသည္။ An unusual painting arrested his attention. n [U, C] ၁။ ဖမ္းဆီးျခင္း။ အဖမ္းအဆီး။ The police made several arrests. ❍ They were charged with resisting arrest. ❍ A warrant was issued for his arrest. ❍ They are under arrest (ie being held by the police before trial) (for attempted burglary). See also CITIZEN'S ARREST, HOUSE ARREST ၂။ ရပ္တန္႔ျခင္း။ He died after suffering a cardiac arrest (ie when his heart stopped functioning properly). ❏ arresting adj ညိႇဳ႕ဓာတ္ပါေသာ။ ဖမ္းစားေသာ။ an arresting smile.

Examples

1. Police raided the store at dawn
2. arresting six men and seizing hundreds of pirated CDs.
3. [arrest someone for something] : He was arrested for possession of illegal drugs.
4. [arrest someone on charges/suspicion of something] : She has been arrested on suspicion of using a stolen credit card.
5. A cut in interest rates failed to arrest the decline in prices.