Arrest and Promotion

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Arrest noun - The act of taking into one's control by authority of law.

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Promotion is an antonym for arrest in topics: stoppage, slowing or stopping.

Nearby Words: arresting, arrested, arrester

Promotion noun - A raising or a state of being raised to a higher rank or position.

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Arrest is an antonym for promotion.

Nearby Words: promote, promoted, promoter, promoting, promo

joint	joint arrest	joint promotion
full	full arrest	full promotion
initial	initial arrest	initial promotion
actual	actual arrest	actual promotion
Other adjectives: real, big, bad, quick, potential, major, immediate, declining, possible, final, later, further, last, eventual, latter, recent, sudden, upcoming, oldest.

He tries his usual method of playing on his victims' vanity by claiming to foresee the centurion's impending promotion, only to be told the Romans are under orders to arrest all Gaulish soothsayers.

Source: Recap / Asterix and the Soothsayer

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