arresting
ਗ੍ਰਿਫਤਾਰ
definition
verb
the police arrested him for possession of marijuana
seize (someone) by legal authority and take into custody.
the spread of the disease can be arrested
stop or check (progress or a process).
adjective
at 6 feet 6 inches he was an arresting figure
striking; eye-catching.
the arresting officer
a person or agency that seizes and detains (someone or something) by legal authority.
example
Nicole Kidman is similarly dominant in Birth, a controversial, 'arresting' film by British director Jonathan Glazer.
When she didn't receive a satisfactory response, she sued her 'arresting' officer and the city of Lago Vista, claiming her Fourth Amendment rights had been violated.
A federal judge dismissed the charges because the 'arresting' officers had violated the act by receiving the Army's help.
Joseph is a good enough accompanist, but Jonah has a voice of extraordinary, 'arresting' beauty: ‘my brother sings to save the good and make the wicked take their own lives’.
Particularly 'arresting' are those pictures which reveal the incredible symmetry and patterning to be found in the natural world, but all bear eloquent testimony to the planet's beauty.
Archer's Goon is an 'arresting' and impressive book; it deserves to be read more widely than it probably will be.
Alice Maher's floor-to-ceiling Ombre drawing also carries that authority, an 'arresting' presence of cascading hair that at once shrouds and outlines the female body hidden within.
The 'arresting' officer applied ‘restraint’ on the man's neck.
TMZ has four pages of the original report prepared by the 'arresting' officer in the case, L.A. County Sheriff's Deputy James Mee.
However, it certainly is an 'arresting' spectacle, and the skills and daring of the cast and director can't be faulted.
More persons know Alkazi by his awesome reputation than by his 'arresting' theatre productions.
Critics have already compared this film to the work of Terrence Malick (The Thin Red Line) with its slow-motion, visually 'arresting' style.
The 'arresting' part of this photo is not her femaleness, although foregrounding her gender seems to be the intention, but the condition of her gun, which is old, chipped, and rusty.
My 'arresting' officer joked and chatted with the women alongside me.
When they were arrested in Indiana, the murderers surrendered meekly after taking one look at the 'arresting' officer.
Next, the 'arresting' officers must notify the district attorney's office that they have a suspect ready to be entered into the criminal justice system.
It has been reported that he was wearing a rucksack when arrested and that that was thrown out of the window by the 'arresting' officers.
He told the 'arresting' officers that he had fired in self-defense.
The book's sad and enigmatic title appears under an 'arresting' cover photograph of a Yolngu warrior, Witiyana Arika, playing the traditional clapsticks.
If the 'arresting' officer or the defendant doesn't appear in court, a judge typically dismisses the charges.
Along the way it sparkles with 'arresting' images to throw a provocative and highly unusual light on almost everything from British naval supremacy to the French defeat in the 2002 World Cup.
The band accompany her perfectly throughout, building to an 'arresting' climax of the kind that leaves you with nothing else to say but ‘wow’ - which doesn't happen very often.
I think you'd rather put it to the 'arresting' authorities or those who are responsible for prosecution.
Yes, it's a sensational, 'arresting' number, which may soon pass into general circulation.
Initially, most thought that having a false name and no identification would make it more difficult for the 'arresting' authority to prove that they were Arab.
In addition, defense attorneys need to be informed when an 'arresting' officer is suspected of misconduct.
When the Wagners were left alone in the police cruiser, a tape recording released by the police indicates that they schemed to murder the 'arresting' police officers.
It is a pity that there exists no serious biography of Archibald Wavell, an intriguing and 'arresting' figure.
I was in graduate school by then and knew the 'arresting' officer because we'd gone to high school together.
I was tracking something down at Don Park's Daily Habit, and noticed an 'arresting' graphic: a fractal blogspace for Don Park.
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