Arrest and Taking

Arrest

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

Taking and arrest are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Taking" instead a noun "Arrest".

Nearby Words: arresting, arrested, arrester

Taking

Taking noun - The act of someone who picks up or takes something.

Arrest and taking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Arrest" instead the word "Taking" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: take, taken, taker, takingly

Both words in one sentence

  • Red Herring When Gerard and his men raid the house, surprise - it's Copeland, the other convict who survived the train wreck and escaped, and is shot dead by Gerard after resisting arrest and taking one of his deputies hostage.
    Source: Red Herring
  • Briar Patching In Michael Flynn's The January Dancer, the Fudir, inveilging his way off planet, tells the man who's taking him, "You'll have to arrest me, Br'er Fox."
  • Played with in that the series begins with her taking that job after her father's arrest cost her her access to the family fortune.
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