Reverse Dictionary: ARREST

ADJECTIVES
1498 ► UNATTACHED not arrested or seized → obs.
E18.. ► TAKEN UP arrested → sl.
E18.. ► TOOK UP arrested → sl.
E19.. ► HOBBLED arrested, committed to trial → sl.
E19.. ► NIBBED arrested → sl.
1859 ► NAILED arrested → Amer. sl.
1872 ► COPPERED arrested → criminals’ sl.
1879 ► MACE-PROOF safe from arrest → obs.
L19.. ► CAFFLED arrested → sl., orig. UK criminals’ usage
L19.. ► JAMMED arrested, in trouble with the law → US criminals’ sl.
L19.. ► UP arrested, in prison → sl., orig. UK criminals’ usage
1901 ► TAKEFUL arresting, capturing → Eng. dial.
1915 ► ON THE PEGS under arrest → World War I Amer. sl.
1920 ► UNDER GLASS arrested, imprisoned → sl., orig. US
1930 ► OFF successful; said of an arrest → UK criminals’ sl.
1931 ► HOT liable to arrest; wanted 
1936 ► GUZZLED arrested → Amer. criminals’ sl.
1950 ► DEAD arrested, captured → sl.
1950 ► TAPPED arrested → Amer. sl.
1959 ► UNDER STARTER’S ORDERS arrested → UK police & criminals’ sl.
1960 ► POPPED arrested; sometimes applied to someone caught with illegal drugs in their possession → US sl.
1970 ► BUZZED IN arrested → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 ► JABBED arrested → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 ► POPPED arrested by the police → US sl. (Bk.)
1970 ► STIFFED arrested → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1977 ► SUSSED arrested as a suspected person loitering → UK sl.
1996 ► SNEEZED arrested; kidnapped → UK sl.
19C.. ► SMUGGED arrested → Brit. sl.
2006 ► BAGGED arrested → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► BATTED OUT arrested → US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► CLIPPED arrested → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► CLOUTED arrested → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► COLLARED arrested → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► COPPED arrested → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► DROPPED arrested → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► FLAGGED arrested → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► GAFFLED arrested → US sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS
E17.. ► COG-SHOULDER an arrest → sl.
L17.. ► FASTNER a warrant of arrest → sl.
1700 ► NAP an arrest → sl. obs.
M19. ► RAP an arrest → chiefly US
M19. ► X a method of arrest whereby a policeman grasps the villain’s collar and holds their arm in such a way that the more they struggle, the more likely it is for the arm to be broken → sl.
1871 ► COLLAR an arrest → sl., orig. US
1887 ► JACKPOT an arrest; a predicament; a muddle; a dilemma; trouble → Amer. sl.
1893 ► FALL an arrest and/or conviction → UK & US criminals’ sl.
L19.. ► COP an arrest → sl., orig. US
L19.. ► DEADWOOD  the thing a member of the underworld fears most, usually arrest or being caught in the act → US criminals’ sl.
L19.. ► FAIR COP a justifiable arrest → sl., orig. UK criminals’ usage
20C.. ► ACCIDENT an arrest → Brit. sl.
20C.. ► ACCOMMODATION COLLAR an arrest made to fulfil a quota, usually in response to pressure for strong police action against crime → Amer. police sl.
1903 ► RHEUMATISM IN THE SHOULDERS arrest → sl. (Bk.)
1910 ► BAD FALL an arrest and charge from which one cannot escape, despite attempting to intimidate or bribe the plaintiff or a prosecution witness → US criminals’ sl.
1920 ► READER a warrant for arrest → US criminals’ sl.
1920 ► TRIP an arrest; a prison sentence → US criminals’ sl.
1930 ► DEAD TUMBLE an arrest of someone found in the act of committing a crime → US criminals’ sl.
1932 ► HUMMER an arrest for something the person did not do; an arrest for a minor violation that leads to more serious charges → sl.
1934 ► HOOKER a warrant for arrest or re-arrest → Amer. criminals’ sl.
1940 ► NAB an arrest; a police raid → US sl.
1953 ► BUST an arrest → sl., orig. & chiefly US
1958 ► BLOTTER the ledger of arrests and arrested persons kept at a police station → US sl.
1960 ► TUG an arrest → sl.
1970 ► NICKING an arrest → sl.
1971 ► LAME RAP an unfounded arrest → US sl.
1982 ► STATIONS OF THE CROSS a police tactic in which a person who has been arrested is moved from one precinct to another in rapid succession, making it impossible for him to be located and bailed out by his friends and family → US sl.
1990 ► RODNEY KING an arrest, esp. one involving brutality → African-American usage sl.
1992 ► ATTITUDE ARREST an arrest motivated by the subject’s lack of respect towards the arresting police officer → US sl.
2007 ► BINGO an arrest; a successful search → UK sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
1921 ► WARRANTEE a person for whose arrest a warrant has been issued 
1950 ► FALL PARTNER one of two or more people who are arrested or sentenced to prison at the same time for the same crime; also, one of a pair of thieves working together → US criminals’ sl.

PHRASES
1810 ► IN PULL under arrest → cant

VERBS
1400 ► TACHE to arrest, to apprehend by legal authority → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1589 ► CAP to arrest for debt → obs.
1640 ► NICK to arrest, to take into custody; to apprehend → sl.
1686 ► NAB to arrest and apprehend; to catch, in the sense of to hit → UK criminals’ sl.
18C.. ► HOBBLE to arrest → criminals’ sl.
E18.. ► TAKE UP to arrest → sl.
E18.. ► TUCK UP to arrest → sl.
1732 ► NAIL to arrest, to apprehend → Brit.
1749 ► HAVE UP to arrest; to bring someone before a court to answer a charge → sl.
1784 ► DO to arrest or charge someone → Brit. sl.
1791 ► DE-ARREST to release from arrest → obs.
19C.. ► SMUG to arrest → Brit. sl.
1811 ► PULL to arrest someone → sl.
1812 ► PULL UP to arrest → sl.
1819 ► LUMBER to arrest, to imprison; to put away privily → sl.
1819 ► NIB to arrest, to catch → sl.
1821 ► REST to arrest, to stop; to distrain for debt → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1823 ► ROMBOYLE → RUMBOYLE to arrest on a warrant → UK criminals’ sl.
1824 ► BAG to arrest, to put in jail → Amer. sl.
1837 ► PINCH to arrest; to take into custody → Amer. sl.
1841 ► JUG to arrest or imprison → US sl.
1844 ► COP to arrest → sl.
1847 ► LAG to arrest, to catch, to apprehend 
M19. ► BAIL UP to arrest → sl.
M19. ► LAG to lead to an arrest; to cause trouble for → UK criminals’ sl.
1853 ► COLLAR to arrest → sl.
1859 ► RUN IN to arrest → sl.
1865 ► HAUL UP to arrest or charge someone → sl.
1865 ► PUT THE COLLAR ON SOMEONE to arrest → US sl.
1871 ► PICK UP to arrest → sl., orig. US
1872 ► COPPER to arrest → criminals’ sl.
1873 ► FALL to arrest or convict → sl.
1873 ► FALL to be arrested or convicted; to be imprisoned → Amer. criminals’ sl.
1893 ► PULL IN to arrest a person → colloq.
1896 ► SMUG to arrest; to imprison → sl.
1899 ► BAKE to arrest → US sl.
L19.. ► TAKE CARE OF to arrest → sl.
L19.. ► TAKE IN to arrest → sl.
L19.. ► YANK to arrest → sl., orig. US
20C.. ► CHILL to submit to arrest without resisting → Amer. sl.
20C.. ► RAP to arrest with a view to prosecution; to charge → US sl.
1900 ► LAW to arrest, to set the law on → US sl.
1905 ► NATCH to arrest, to seize, to lay hold of → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 ► TAKE TO to arrest, to capture → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1907 ► GLOM to arrest, to seize, to grab at, to steal → Amer. dial.
1909 ► BLISTER to arrest or summon someone → Brit. sl.
1910 ► ATCHKER to arrest → UK tramps’ usage
1910 ► PUT ON to arrest and/or charge on the basis of concocted evidence; to ‘frame up’ → Aust. criminals’ sl.  
1910 ► YAFFLE to arrest → US criminals’ sl.
1913 ► BE TOOK to be arrested → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1913 ► SCOUT to elude arrest, to hide out → Amer. dial.
1913 ► WALK ONE UP ON THE CARPET to arrest; to call to time → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1920 ► ATCH to arrest → UK tramps’ usage
1920 ► GET A FALL to be arrested, to be imprisoned → US criminals’ sl.
1920 ► GLUE to arrest → sl., orig. US  
1920 ► SIDETRACK to arrest → US criminals’ sl.
1920 ► TAKE A DROP to be arrested, to be imprisoned  US criminals’ sl.
1924 ► DRAG to arrest → Brit. sl.
1926 ► ERREST to arrest → Amer. dial.
1926 ► KNOCK OFF to arrest → sl.
1928 ► HOOK to arrest, to catch or apprehend by law → Amer. sl.
1928 ► TAKE A FALL to be arrested or convicted; to be imprisoned → sl.
1929 ► PUT THE ARM ON to place under arrest; to apprehend, to take into custody → US sl.
1930 ► PUT THE SLEEVE ON to arrest → US sl.
1930 ► RIDE to arrest → US criminals’ sl.
1930 ► TAG to arrest → sl.
1930 ► TAKE FOR A RIDE to arrest → US criminals’ sl.
1930 ► TAKE FOR A WALK to arrest → US criminals’ sl.
1931 ► LUMBER to arrest → Brit. sl.
1936 ► GUZZLE to arrest, to interrogate → UK & Amer. criminals’ sl.
1936 ► HAVE AN ACCIDENT to be arrested → Amer. criminals’ sl.
1940 ► BUST to arrest → sl., orig. & chiefly US
1940 ► TAKE DOWN to arrest → US criminals’ & police sl.
1949 ► HAVE YOUR COLLAR FELT → HAVE YOUR COLLAR TOUCHED to be arrested or stopped by the police → UK sl.
1950 ► FEEL SOMEONE’S COLLAR to arrest → Brit. sl.
1950 ► HAVE IT AWAY to escape from impending arrest or prison → sl.
1950 ► HAVE IT AWAY ON ONE’S TOES to escape from impending arrest or prison → sl.
1950 ► ROUST to arrest → Amer. sl.
1950 ► SNEEZE to arrest someone → US sl.
1950 ► STUMBLE to be arrested, to ‘fall’ → US criminals’ sl.
1950 ► TAKE IT ON ONE’S TOES to escape from impending arrest or prison → sl.
1950 ► WALK to be released from arrest or prison → US prison & criminals’ sl.
1952 ► CRACK (OUT)  to seize or place under arrest → Amer. criminals’ sl.
1953 ► DROP THE ARM ON to place under arrest, to apprehend, to take into custody → US sl.
1953 ► DROP THE HOOK to arrest → US sl.
1962 ► FALL OUT to be arrested → Amer. criminals’ sl.
1970 ► CLAIM to arrest someone → UK sl.
1970 ► GET POPPED to be arrested → US sl. (Bk.)
1970 ► NYAM to arrest, to attack → Black British sl.
1970 ► OFF to arrest and apprehend someone → US police sl.
1970 ► VAMP → VAMP ON to arrest → African-American sl.
1971 ► CARRY DOWN to arrest someone → Trinidad and Tobago
1971 ► WHIP to arrest someone → US sl.
1975 ► GATHER to arrest → Aust. sl.
1980 ► BAG UP to be arrested by the police → UK & African-American sl.
1990 ► CATCH AN F to be arrested for a felony → African-American sl.
1990 ► SNITCH to arrest → Aust. sl.
1995 ► RAIL to arrest or detain someone → US sl.
1999 ► FINGER A COLLAR to make an arrest → UK police sl.
2000 ► CALL THE KNOCK to arrest and apprehend → sl.
2000 ► CHORE to arrest someone → UK sl.
2006 ► DROP to get arrested → US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► FLAG to arrest someone → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► FLAKE to place drugs or traces of drugs on a person during an arrest; said of the police → US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► GAFFLE to arrest someone → US sl. (Bk.)