to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody

The police arrested the burglar.

to catch and hold; attract and fix; engage

The loud noise arrested our attention.

to check the course of; stop; slow down

to arrest progress.

Medicine/Medical . to control or stop the active progress of (a disease)

The new drug did not arrest the cancer.

the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.

any seizure or taking by force.

an act of stopping or the state of being stopped

the arrest of tooth decay.

Machinery . any device for stopping machinery; stop. ?

under arrest

in custody of the police or other legal authorities

They placed the suspect under arrest at the scene of the crime.