under arrest

*under arrest

arrested and in the custody of the police in preparation for the filing of a charge. (*Typically: be ~; put someone ~.) Stop where you are! You are under arrest! Am I under arrest, officer? What did I do?

under arrest

held by police in connection with a crime Police claim they have one of the gunmen under arrest.

under arrest

In police custody, as in They put him under arrest and charged him with stealing a car. [Late 1300s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Iesus	-	Biblical Latin
Mair	MIER	Welsh
Romaine	[.rəu'mein]
Cosima	-	Italian
Hadewig	-	Ancient Germanic
Stoddard	['stɔdəd]