Arrest
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

NAB
Take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

COP
Take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

GET
A return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

4 letters

STEM
Cause to point inward; "stem your skis"

HOLD
The act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"

BUST
Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house"

NAIL
Succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course"

HALT
An interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"

STAY
Continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"

NICK
Mate successfully; of livestock

STOP
A brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a stopover to visit their friends"

5 letters

RUNIN

CHECK
The act of inspecting or verifying; "they made a check of their equipment"; "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure"

HITCH
The uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

SEIZE
Affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"

DETER
Turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"

PINCH
Irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"

CATCH
Perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily; "I caught the aroma of coffee"; "He caught the allusion in her glance"; "ears open to catch every sound"; "The dog picked up the scent"; "Catch a glimpse"

6 letters

HAULIN

SARTRE
French writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980)

PULLIN
Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"

PICKUP
The attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his car has a lot of pickup"

COLLAR
The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"

DETAIN
Cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"

7 letters

CONTAIN
Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"

SEIZURE
The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

CAPTURE
The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

8 letters

HOLDBACK
Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"

TURNBACK
Turn inside out or upside down

STOPPAGE
The act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"

9 letters

APPREHEND
Get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"

11 letters

INCARCERATE
Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

12 letters

APPREHENSION
The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"

15 letters

TAKEINTOCUSTODY

PLACEBEHINDBARS

17 letters

TAKINGINTOCUSTODY
The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"