Arrest (verb)

1. To take into custody by legal authority.
2. To stop or restrain someone's movement or progress.
3. To seize or detain someone, especially by the police.
4. To capture and hold someone or something.
5. To bring to a halt.

Origin:

Middle english, from old french arester, from latin arrestāre, from ad- + restāre to remain.

Examples:

1. The police arrested the suspect.
2. The fire was arrested before it spread to the nearby buildings.
3. She was arrested for shoplifting.
4. He arrested the fall of the glass with his hand.
5. The disease was arrested before it became fatal.