Main entry: pinch, catch, collar, apprehension, arrest, taking into custody
Definition: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
Usage: the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar
Main entry: arrest, stop, stoppage, check, halt, hitch, stay
Definition: the state of inactivity following an interruption
Usage: the negotiations were in arrest; held them in check; during the halt he got some lunch; the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow; he spent the entire stop in his seat
Main entry: contain, hold back, arrest, check, stop, turn back
Definition: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
Usage: Arrest the downward trend; Check the growth of communism in South East Asia; Contain the rebel movement; Turn back the tide of communism
Main entry: collar, pick up, cop, apprehend, arrest, nab, nail
Definition: take into custody
Usage: the police nabbed the suspected criminals
Main entry: arrest, get, catch
Definition: attract and fix
Usage: His look caught her; She caught his eye; Catch the attention of the waiter
Main entry: arrest, hold, halt
Definition: cause to stop
Usage: Halt the engines; Arrest the progress; halt the presses