arresting Definition

arrest
verb arrested, arresting

1. To take someone into custody, especially by legal authority.

Thesaurus: apprehend, capture, incarcerate, imprison, jail, detain, take into custody, slang: bust, nab, collar, run in; Antonym: free, liberate, parole.
2a. To stop or slow down the progress of (growth, development, etc);

Thesaurus: stop, restrain, prevent, restrict, check, abort, limit, control.
2b. To stop or slow down the progress of (a disease, etc).
3. To catch or attract (someone's attention).
intr
4. pathol.
To suffer a cardiac arrest.
5. Under Scots and maritime law: to seize (assets, property, freight, etc) by legal warrant.

noun

1. The act of taking, or state of being taken, into custody, especially by the police.

Thesaurus: incarceration, imprisonment, appropriation, apprehension, confinement, captivity, protective custody, seizure, detention, duress.
2. A stopping.
3. A halting or slowing down in the progress, development or growth of something; the act of doing this.

Derivative: arrestable
adj

Example: an arrestable offence

Derivative: arrester
noun

Idiom: under arrest

Taken into police custody pending a decision on whether or not there is sufficient grounds to make formal charges.
Thesaurus: seized, apprehended, jailed, imprisoned, detained, arrested, caught, slang: busted, snagged (US), collared, nabbed, booked, sent up the river.

Etymology: 14c: from French arester, from Latin ad to + restare to stand still.

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arresting
adj

1. Strikingly individual or attractive.

Thesaurus: noticeable, stunning, striking, attention-getting, charming, surprising, extraordinary, engaging, noteworthy, remarkable, conspicuous; Antonym: unremarkable, inconspicuous.
2. Performing an act of taking someone into custody.

Example: Iain was the arresting officer