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
Mayu	mah-yoo	Japanese
Nataliya	nah-TAH-lee-yah (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Headley	HED-lee	English (Rare)
Eugenia	e-oo-KHE-nyah (Spanish), e-uw-GEN-yah (Polish), yoo-JEE-nee-ə (English), yoo-JEEN-yə (English)	Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Purnama	poor-NAH-mah	Indonesian
Walther	VAHL-ter (German)	German, Ancient Germanic