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Common collocations with arrest in American Collocation

arrest noun countable/uncountable

US /əˈrest/

arbitrary
false
lawful
mass
unlawful
wrongful

Several people complained of arbitrary arrests and shootings.

arrest someone

carry out
effect
make
place someone under
put someone under

More than a hundred arrests were made and hundreds of computers seized.

You’re under arrest.

try to avoid being arrested

avoid
escape
evade
resist

At no time did he resist arrest.

be likely to be arrested

face
fear
risk

Risking arrest and imprisonment, he smuggles her back to England.

number
series
string
wave

Over the last year there has been a wave of arrests.