ARREST Copy link • ARREST 1. s. comprehensio. To put under arrest, comprehendere (of the person arresting): in custodiam dare (of the person ordering the arrest). To be kept under arrest, in custodia haberi or seivari; custodia teneri or retineri. 2. v. comprehendere; in custodiam dare [Vid. ARREST, s.] : in vincula conjicere: alicui manus injicere (to lay hands upon; e.g., virgini minister decemviri manus injecit, Liv., 3, 44, 6). To arrest one who was flying, e fugā retrahere aliquem. Stop, delay: morari: remorari: moram facere alicui rei: moram afferre alicujus or alicui rei: moram et tarditatem afferre alicui rei (cause a delay in any thing): tardare: retardare (to retard the prosecution of anything; e.g., of a journey, of the pursuitof an enemy): tenere: retinere: sustinere (to stop the progress of something: a thief, a carriage, a horse): reprimere (to check forcibly: fugam hostium; redundantem lacum): arcere: cohibere (to hold anything off, so that it may not approach). To arrest anybody, morari, demorari, remorari aliquem (general term for delaying him): detinere, demorari et detinere aliquem (to draw him back, with reference to some object pursued by him): to arrest any body on a journey, retardare aliquem in via; remorari alicujus iter: to arrest anybody’s pursuit of an enemy, tardare aliquem ad insequendumhostem (of a marsh or other obstacle): the progress of a war, moram et tarditatem atferre bello; morari celeritatem belli: the onset of the enemy, tardare or retardare hostium impetum.