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arrested

  • adjective
  • ar·rest·ed
  • /əˈɹɛstɪd/

Having been stopped or prevented from developing; terminated prematurely.

Other meanings

  1. Having been placed under arrest, or having been charged with a crime.

Related words

  • nonarrested
  • unarrested
  • arrested decay
  • arrested development

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “arrested” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.