Meaning of under arrest | Babel Free
Definitions
Arrested by the police.
Equivalents
Suomi
pidätetty
Français
en état d'arrestation
Italiano
in stato di arresto
Polski
aresztowany
Русский
под арестом
Examples
“be under arrest”
“place under arrest”
“put someone under arrest”
“‘Observation Officer of the Z12Q, attention!’ snapped from the tight-beam headquarters communicator. ‘Cut off those spy rays and report yourself under arrest for treason!’”
“Three men got out and surrounded Mr Chard. They were police officers, and he was under arrest, charged with taking indecent pictures of his children under the Protection of Children Act 1978 (POCA).”
“On Friday, the Thai police said he was under arrest and charged as a pedophile after computer experts had unswirled the digitally altered face in a virtuoso act of electronic decoding.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.