Definition
stopped or caught by police; prevented from moving or continuing something.
Etymology
From Old French 'arester' meaning 'to stop,' derived from Latin 'ad-' (to) and 'restare' (to remain). The meaning evolved from a general sense of stopping to specifically stopping someone by legal authority.
Kelly Says
The word 'arrested' has a hidden cousin in 'arrest' meaning to catch someone's attention—like when a bright color 'arrests your eye'—because both come from the idea of making something stop in its tracks, whether it's a person or your gaze.
Translations
ARالعربية
معتقل
mu-'a-qil
BNবাংলা
অনধিকার
on-dhi-kar
CACatalà
arrestat
ar-res-tat
CSČeština
zatčen
za-tchen
DEDeutsch
verhaftet
fer-haf-tet
ELΕλληνικά
απολογία
a-po-lo-gia
ESEspañol
detenido
deh-teh-nee-doh
FAفارسی
بازداشت شده
ba-zad-ast shodeh
FISuomi
pidätetty
pi-dä-te-tty
FRFrançais
arrêté
ar-reh-teh
HIहिन्दी
ग़ैरकानूनी हिरासत में
gayr-ka-noo-nee hee-ra-sat men
HUMagyar
letartóztatva
le-tar-to-s-ta-va
IDBahasa Indonesia
ditangkap
dit-an-kap
ITItaliano
arrestato
ar-re-sta-toh
KMKM
បានប្រាប់
ba-an-bra-ap
MSBahasa Melayu
ditahan
di-ta-han
MYမြန်မာ
ပိတ်ဆိုင်
peet-sain
NLNederlands
gearresteerd
ge-ar-res-teerd
NONorsk
arrestert
ar-res-ter-t
PLPolski
aresztowany
ar-esht-o-va-nee
PTPortuguês
preso
preh-soh
RORomână
arestat
ar-es-tat
RUРусский
задержан
za-dzer-zhen
THไทย
ถูกจับกุม
dook jahp kum
TRTürkçe
tutuklanmış
tu-tu-k-la-mush
UKУкраїнська
затриманий
za-try-ma-niy
VITiếng Việt
bị bắt giữ
bee bat dzu
ZUZU
ukuthwalwe
oo-koo-th-wa-we