arrest

arrestation

Action de la police qui retient une personne soupçonnée d’avoir enfreint la loi.

En anglais simple : The act of police taking someone into custody because they suspect that person of breaking the law.

• The police made an arrest.
• She was placed under arrest.
• Several arrests followed the protest.

Comment l'utiliser : under arrest for something (He is under arrest for theft.)

Synonymes : detention, apprehension

Contraires : release

Expressions courantes : under arrest, make an arrest, arrest warrant

arrêt

État dans lequel une activité ou une fonction du corps, notamment les battements du cœur, cesse.

En anglais simple : A condition in which an activity or body function, especially the heartbeat, stops.

• He suffered a cardiac arrest.
• The team treated a patient in respiratory arrest.
• The disease caused an arrest of growth.

Synonymes : stoppage

Expressions courantes : cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, growth arrest

personne arrêtée

Personne qu’un policier a prise en charge et privée de sa liberté.

En anglais simple : A person whom a police officer has taken into custody.

• That suspect was my arrest.
• The officer brought her arrest to the station.
• His first arrest refused to answer questions.

Synonymes : detainee

Expressions courantes : my arrest, your arrest, first arrest

arrêter

Pour la police, retenir une personne parce qu’on la soupçonne d’avoir commis une infraction.

En anglais simple : If police do this, they take someone into custody because they suspect a crime.

• Police may arrest the driver.
• She was arrested outside the bank.
• Did they arrest anyone for the robbery?

Comment l'utiliser : arrest someone for something (They arrested him for stealing a car.)

Synonymes : apprehend, detain

Contraires : release

Expressions courantes : arrest someone, arrest for theft

arrêter, enrayer

Empêcher quelque chose de bouger, de se développer ou de continuer.

En anglais simple : Stop something from moving, developing, or continuing.

• The treatment arrested the disease.
• New funding could arrest the decline.
• Poor nutrition can arrest a child’s growth.

Synonymes : stop, halt, check

Expressions courantes : arrest development, arrest the decline, arrest disease

s’arrêter

Pour le cœur, cesser de battre.

En anglais simple : If a heart does this, it stops beating.

• His heart arrested during surgery.
• A patient can arrest without warning.
• The medical team acted quickly when her heart arrested.

Synonymes : stop

Expressions courantes : heart may arrest, heart can arrest