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Showing words for ARRESTED using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Arrested

arrested, drearest, retreads, serrated, treaders

7 Letter Words for Arrested

darters, dartres, dearest, derater, derates, destrer, dreares, estrade, readers, reasted, redates, redears, redsear, rerated, rereads, retards, retears, retrade, retread, sedater, serrate, starred, steared, tasered, tearers, traders, treader

6 Letter Words for Arrested

adeste, aredes, aretes, arrest, arrets, asteer, astrer, atrede, darers, darres, darter, dartre, daters, dearer, deares, derate, derats, dertra, desert, deters, dreare, drears, dreres, easted, easter, eaters, erased, eraser, rarest, raster, raters, reader, reared, reates, redare, redart, redate, redear, rerate, reread, reseat, reseda, rested, rester, retard, retare, retear, retrad, saeter, sarred, seared, searer, seated, seater, sedate, serred, stader, stared, staree, starer, steard, steare, sterad, strade, tarred, tarres, teades, teared, tearer, teased, teaser, terras, terser, trader, trades, treads, treasr

5 Letter Words for Arrested

adret, aedes, arder, arede, arere, arest, arete, arets, arret, arsed, arter, artsd, aster, astre, atees, darer, dares, darre, darst, darts, dater, dates, deare, dears, deets, derat, deres, detar, deter, drate, drats, drear, drees, drere, drest, eards, eared, earst, eased, easer, eater, erade, erase, erred, ester, estre, rared, rares, raser, rated, rater, rates, reads, rears, reast, reate, redes, reeds, reest, resat, reset, restr, retar, retes, sared, sated, seare, seder, sered, serer, serra, serre, serta, setae, stade, stare, starr, stead, stear, stede, steed, steer, stere, strad, strae, tarde, tared, tares, tarre, tarse, taser, teade, teads, teaed, tears, tease, teers, teras, terra, terre, terrs, terse, trade, trads, tread, treas, treed, trees, tsade, tsere

4 Letter Words for Arrested

adet, ards, ared, ares, aret, arte, arts, astr, ated, ates, daer, daes, dare, darr, dart, dase, dast, date, dear, deas, deer, dees, deet, dere, drat, dree, eard, ears, ease, east, eats, edea, eras, erat, ered, erer, eres, errs, erse, erst, etas, rade, rads, rare, rast, rate, rats, read, rear, rede, reds, reed, rees, reet, rest, retd, rete, rets, sade, sadr, sard, sare, sart, satd, sate, sear, seat, seed, seer, sere, serr, sert, seta, stad, star, sted, ster, stra, stre, tade, tads, taed, tare, tarr, tars, tead, tear, teas, teds, teed, teer, tees, tera, terr, trad, tree, tres

3 Letter Words for Arrested

ade, ads, aer, aes, ard, are, arr, ars, art, ase, ast, ate, dae, dar, das, dat, dea, dee, der, des, det, dsr, ead, ear, eas, eat, eds, eer, era, erd, ere, err, ers, ert, esd, ese, esr, est, eta, rad, ras, rat, rea, red, ree, res, rte, sad, sar, sat, sea, sed, see, ser, set, sta, std, str, tad, tar, tas, tdr, tea, ted, tee, ter, tes, tra, trs

Definitions for Arrested

[1] to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar.
[2] to catch and hold; attract and fix; engage: The loud noise arrested our attention.
[3] to check the course of; stop; slow down: to arrest progress.
[4] Medicine/Medical . to control or stop the active progress of (a disease): The new drug did not arrest the cancer.
[5] the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
[6] any seizure or taking by force.
[7] an act of stopping or the state of being stopped: the arrest of tooth decay.
[8] Machinery . any device for stopping machinery; stop.
[9] under arrest , in custody of the police or other legal authorities: They placed the suspect under arrest at the scene of the crime.
[10] to deprive (a person) of liberty by taking him into custody, esp under lawful authority
[11] to seize (a ship) under lawful authority
[12] to slow or stop the development or progress of (a disease, growth, etc)
[13] to catch and hold (one's attention, sight, etc)
[14] arrest judgment law to stay proceedings after a verdict, on the grounds of error or possible error
[15] can't get arrested informal (of a performer) is unrecognized and unsuccessful he can't get arrested here but is a megastar in the States
[16] the act of taking a person into custody, esp under lawful authority
[17] the act of seizing and holding a ship under lawful authority
[18] the state of being held, esp under lawful authority under arrest
[19] Also called: arrestation (ˌærɛsˈteɪʃən ) the slowing or stopping of the development or progress of something
[20] the stopping or sudden cessation of motion of something a cardiac arrest

Words related to Arrested

arrestseized

Words nearby Arrested

arrestarrayal, arrearage, arrears, arrector, arrenotoky, arrest, arrest of judgment, arrestable, arrestant, arrestee, arrester

Origin of Arrested

1275–1325; (v.) Middle English aresten < Anglo-French, Middle French arester, < Vulgar Latin *arrestāre to stop (see ar-, rest2); (noun) Middle English arest(e ) < Anglo-French, Old French, noun derivative of v.

Other words from Arrested

ar·rest·a·ble , adjective
ar·rest·ment , noun
post·ar·rest , adjective
pre·ar·rest , verb (used with object)
pre·ar·rest·ment , noun
re·ar·rest , verb (used with object), noun
un·ar·rest·a·ble , adjective
un·ar·rest·ed , adjective

Word origin for Arrested

C14: from Old French arester, from Vulgar Latin arrestāre (unattested), from Latin ad at, to + restāre to stand firm, stop

Synonyms for Arrested

jailed, seized, under arrest