Reverse Dictionary: ARREST

ADJECTIVES
► BAGGED arrested → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BATTED OUT arrested → 2006 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► BUZZED IN arrested → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► CAFFLED arrested → L19 sl., orig. UK criminals’ usage
► CLIPPED arrested → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CLOUTED arrested → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► COLLARED arrested → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► COPPED arrested → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► COPPERED arrested → 1872 criminals’ sl.
► DEAD arrested, captured → 1950 sl.
► DROPPED arrested → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FLAGGED arrested → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GAFFLED arrested → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GLOMMED arrested → 2006 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► GLUED arrested → 2006 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► GOBBLED arrested → 1912 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► GUZZLED arrested → 1936 Amer. criminals’ sl.
► HOBBLED arrested, committed to trial → E19 sl.
► HOT liable to arrest; wanted → 1931 
► JABBED arrested → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► JACKED arrested → 2006 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► JAMMED arrested, in trouble with the law → L19 US criminals’ sl.
► MACE-PROOF safe from arrest → 1879 obs.
► NAILED arrested → 1859 Amer. sl.
► NIBBED arrested → 1812 sl. (Bk.)
► NICKED arrested → 1885 sl.
► OFF successful; said of an arrest → 1930 UK criminals’ sl.
► ON THE PEGS under arrest → 1915 World War I Amer. sl.
► OVERDUE of a criminal: ripe for arrest → 1979 sl.
► POPPED arrested; sometimes applied to someone caught with illegal drugs in their possession → 1960 US sl.
► SMUGGED arrested → 19C Brit. sl.
► SNEEZED arrested; kidnapped → 1996 UK sl.
► STIFFED arrested → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SUSSED arrested as a suspected person loitering → 1977 UK sl.
► TAKEFUL arresting, capturing → 1901 Eng. dial.
► TAKEN UP arrested → E18 sl.
► TAPPED arrested → 1950 Amer. sl.
► TOOK UP arrested → E18 sl.
► UNATTACHED not arrested or seized → 1498 obs.
► UNDER GLASS arrested, imprisoned → 1920 sl., orig. US
► UNDER STARTER’S ORDERS arrested → 1959 UK police & criminals’ sl.
► UP arrested, in prison → L19 sl., orig. UK criminals’ usage

NOUNS
► ACCIDENT an arrest → 20C Brit. sl.
► ACCOMMODATION COLLAR an arrest made to fulfil a quota, usually in response to pressure for strong police action against crime → 20C Amer. police sl.
► ATTITUDE ARREST an arrest motivated by the subject’s lack of respect towards the arresting police officer → 1992 US sl.
► BAD FALL an arrest and charge from which one cannot escape, despite attempting to intimidate or bribe the plaintiff or a prosecution witness → 1910 US criminals’ sl.
► BINGO an arrest; a successful search → 2007 UK sl. (Bk.)
► BLOTTER the ledger of arrests and arrested persons kept at a police station → 1958 US sl.
► BUST an arrest → 1953 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► COG-SHOULDER an arrest → E17 sl.
► COLLAR an arrest → 1871 sl., orig. US
► COP an arrest → L19 sl., orig. US
► DEADWOOD  the thing a member of the underworld fears most, usually arrest or being caught in the act → L19 US criminals’ sl.
► DEAD TUMBLE an arrest of someone found in the act of committing a crime → 1930 US criminals’ sl.
► FAIR COP a justifiable arrest → L19 sl., orig. UK criminals’ usage
► FALL an arrest and/or conviction → 1893 UK & US criminals’ sl.
► FASTNER a warrant of arrest → L17 sl.
► HOOKER a warrant for arrest or re-arrest → 1934 Amer. criminals’ sl.
► HUMMER an arrest for something the person did not do; an arrest for a minor violation that leads to more serious charges → 1932 sl.
► JACKPOT an arrest; a predicament; a muddle; a dilemma; trouble → 1887 US criminals’. sl.
► LAME RAP an unfounded arrest → 1971 US sl.
► NAB an arrest, a police raid → 1944 US sl.
► NAP an arrest → 1728 sl., obs.
► NARKING DUES an arrest made on the evidence of an informer → 1896 sl.
► NICKING an arrest → 1970 sl.
► RAP an arrest → M19 chiefly US
► READER a warrant for arrest → 1920 US criminals’ sl.
► RHEUMATISM IN THE SHOULDERS arrest → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► RODNEY KING an arrest, esp. one involving brutality → 1990 African-American sl.
► 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 → 1982 US sl.
► TRIP an arrest; a prison sentence → 1920 US criminals’ sl.
► TUG an arrest → 1960 sl.
► 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 → M19 sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► 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 → 1950 US criminals’ sl.
► WARRANTEE a person for whose arrest a warrant has been issued → 1921

PHRASES
► IN PULL under arrest → 1810 cant

VERBS
► ATCH to arrest → 1920 UK tramps’ usage
► ATCHKER to arrest → 1910 UK tramps’ usage
► BAG to arrest, to put in jail → 1824 Amer. sl.
► BAG UP to be arrested by the police → 1980 UK & African-American sl.
► BAIL UP to arrest → M19 sl.
► BAKE to arrest → 1899 US sl.
► BE TOOK to be arrested → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BLISTER to arrest or summon someone → 1909 Brit. sl.
► BOUNCE to arrest → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BUST to arrest → 1940 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► CALL THE KNOCK to arrest and apprehend → 2000 sl.
► CAP to arrest for debt → 1589 obs.
► CARRY DOWN to arrest someone → 1971 Trinidad and Tobago
► CATCH AN F to be arrested for a felony → 1980 African-American sl.
► CHILL to submit to arrest without resisting → 20C Amer. sl.
► CHORE to arrest someone → 2000 UK sl.
► CLAIM to arrest someone → 1970 UK sl.
► COLLAR to arrest → 1853 sl.
► COP to arrest → 1844 sl.
► COPPER to arrest → 1872 criminals’ sl.
► CRACK ► CRACK OUT to seize or place under arrest → 1952 Amer. criminals’ sl.
► DE-ARREST to release from arrest → 1791 obs.
► DO to arrest or charge someone → 1784 Brit. sl.
► DRAG to arrest → 1924 Brit. sl.
► DROP to get arrested → 2006 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► DROP THE ARM ON to place under arrest, to apprehend, to take into custody → 1953 US sl.
► DROP THE HOOK to arrest → 1953 US sl.
► ERREST to arrest → 1926 Amer. dial.
► FALL to arrest or convict; to be arrested or convicted; to be imprisoned → 1873 Amer. criminals’ sl.
► FALL OUT to be arrested → 1962 Amer. criminals’ sl.
► FEEL SOMEONE’S COLLAR to arrest → 1950 Brit. sl.
► FINGER A COLLAR to make an arrest → 1999 UK police sl.
► FLAG to arrest someone → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FLAKE to place drugs or traces of drugs on a person during an arrest; said of the police → 2006 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► GAFFLE to arrest someone → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GATHER to arrest → 1975 Aust. sl.
► GET A FALL to be arrested, to be imprisoned → 1920 US criminals’ sl.
► GET BUCKLED to be arrested → 1981 Aust. prison sl. (Bk.)
► GET POPPED to be arrested → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► GLOM to arrest, to seize, to grab at, to steal → 1907 Amer. dial.
► GLUE to arrest → 1920 sl., orig. US  
► GUZZLE to arrest, to interrogate → 1936 UK & Amer. criminals’ sl.
► HAUL UP to arrest or charge someone → 1865 sl.
► HAVE AN ACCIDENT to be arrested → 1936 Amer. criminals’ sl.
► HAVE IT AWAY to escape from impending arrest or prison → 1950 sl.
► HAVE IT AWAY ON ONE’S TOES to escape from impending arrest or prison → 1950 sl.
► HAVE UP to arrest; to bring someone before a court to answer a charge → 1749 sl.
► HAVE YOUR COLLAR FELT ► HAVE YOUR COLLAR TOUCHED to be arrested or stopped by the police → 1949 UK sl.
► HOBBLE to arrest → 18C criminals’ sl.
► HOOK to arrest, to catch or apprehend by law → 1928 Amer. sl.
► JUG to arrest or imprison → 1841 US sl.
► KNOCK OFF to arrest → 1926 sl.
► LAG 1. to arrest, to catch, to apprehend → 1847 
2. to lead to an arrest; to cause trouble for → M19 UK criminals’ sl.
► LAW to arrest, to set the law on → 1900 US sl.
► LUMBER to arrest, to imprison; to put away privily → 1819 sl.
► NAB to apprehend or arrest someone → 1681 sl.
► NAIL to arrest, to apprehend → 1732 Brit.
► NATCH to arrest, to seize, to lay hold of → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► NECK to apprehend and arrest → 1906 US sl.
► NIB to arrest, to catch → 1819 sl.
► NICK to arrest, to take into custody; to apprehend → 1640 sl.
► NIG to arrest → 1754 sl.
► NIP to arrest → 1567 UK criminals’ sl.
► NIPPER to arrest → 1823 sl.
► NYAM to attack, to arrest → 1971 Black British sl.
► OFF to arrest and apprehend someone → 1970 US police sl.
► PEEL to arrest → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► PICK UP to arrest → 1871 sl., orig. US
► PINCH to arrest; to take into custody → 1837 Amer. sl.
► PULL to arrest someone → 1811 sl.
► PULL IN to arrest a person → 1893 colloq.
► PULL UP to arrest → 1812 sl.
► PUT ON to arrest and/or charge on the basis of concocted evidence; to ‘frame up’ → 1910 Aust. criminals’ sl.  
► PUT THE ARM ON to place under arrest; to apprehend, to take into custody → 1929 US sl.
► PUT THE COLLAR ON SOMEONE to arrest → 1865 US sl.
► PUT THE SLEEVE ON to arrest → 1930 US sl.
► RAIL to arrest or detain someone → 1995 US sl.
► RAP to arrest with a view to prosecution; to charge → 20C US sl.
► REST to arrest, to stop; to distrain for debt → 1821 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RIDE to arrest → 1930 US criminals’ sl.
► ROMBOYLE ► RUMBOYLE to arrest on a warrant → 1823 UK criminals’ sl.
► ROUST to arrest → 1950 Amer. sl.
► RUN IN to arrest → 1859 sl.
► SCOUT to elude arrest, to hide out → 1913 Amer. dial.
► SIDETRACK to arrest → 1920 US criminals’ sl.
► SMUG to arrest; to imprison → 1896 sl.
► SNEEZE to arrest someone → 1950 US sl.
► SNITCH to arrest → 1990 Aust. sl.
► STUMBLE to be arrested, to ‘fall’ → 1950 US criminals’ sl.
► TACHE to arrest, to apprehend by legal authority → 1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TAG to arrest → 1930 sl.
► TAKE A DROP to be arrested, to be imprisoned → 1920 US criminals’ sl.
► TAKE A FALL to be arrested or convicted; to be imprisoned → 1928 sl.
► TAKE CARE OF to arrest → L19 sl.
► TAKE DOWN to arrest → 1940 US criminals’ & police sl.
► TAKE FOR A RIDE to arrest → 1930 US criminals’ sl.
► TAKE FOR A WALK to arrest → 1930 US criminals’ sl.
► TAKE IN to arrest → L19 sl.
► TAKE IT ON ONE’S TOES to escape from impending arrest or prison → 1950 sl.
► TAKE TO to arrest, to capture → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAKE UP to arrest → E18 sl.
► TUCK UP to arrest → E18 sl.
► VAGRANTIZE to arrest as a vagrant → 1797 obs.
► VAMP ► VAMP ON to arrest → 1970 African-American sl.
► WALK to be released from arrest or prison → 1950 US prison & criminals’ sl.
► WALK ONE UP ON THE CARPET to arrest; to call to time → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► WHIP to arrest someone → 1971 US sl.
► YAFFLE to arrest → 1910 US criminals’ sl.
► YANK to arrest → L19 sl., orig. US