Meaning of "arrest"

arrest •

v.
• • 1. to seize by authority of law: humuli, hulihin, dumakip, dakipin, dakpin, umaresto, arestuhin
  • 2. to stop, to check: pumigil, pigilin, mapigil, magpatigil, patigilin, magpahinto, pahintuin
  • 3. to be attracted or fixed, e.g. ones attention: maakit, mapako ang tingin
  • 4. to cease: tumigil, tigilan, itigil

n.
• • 1. the act of arresting or seizing: paghuli, pagdakip, pag-aresto
  • 2. a checking or stopping: pagpigil, pagkapigil, pagkakapigil, pagpapatigil, pagkapatigil, pagkakapatigil

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bail

n.
• • the guarantee necessary to get a person free from arrest until he is to appear for trial: piyansa, lagak,

v.
• • to obtain such freedom: magpiyansa, pumiyansa, piyansahan

apprehension

n.
• • 1. a seizing or arrest: paghuli, pagkahuli, pagkakahuli, pagdakip, pagkadakip, pagkakadakip
  • 2. a fear or dread of future evil: pangamba, pagkabahala, bagabag, pagkabagabag

police

n.
• • the men who keep order and arrest persons who break the law: pulisya, pulisiya, mga pulis

v.
• • to keep order, to guard: magbantay, bumantay, bantayan

apprehend

v.
• • 1. to seize, arrest: humuli, mahuli, hulihin, dumakip, madakip, dakipin, dakpin, sumunggab, sunggaban
  • 2. to understand: umunawa, maunawaan, unawain
  • 3. to comprehend: umintindi, maintindihan, intindihin
  • 4. to expect with anxiety or fear: mangamba, mabahala, mabagabag

capture

v.
• • 1. to make prisoner: bumihag, mabihag, bihagin
  • 2. to arrest: dumakip, dakpin, humuli, hulihin

n.
• • 1. act of capturing: paghuli, pagbihag, pagdakip
  • 2. being captured: pagkabihag, pagkahuli, pagkadakip
  • 3. manner of having been captured: pagkakahuli, pagkakabihag, pagkakadakip

huli

adj.
• • late, tardy, last mahuli (ma-)

v.
• • to be late or tardy. Dali ka at baka ka mahuli! Hurry up or you might be late.

v.
• • humuli (-um-) to catch, to arrest, to apprehend manghuli, hulihin (mang-:-in)

v.
• • to catch someone, to chase after someone. Nanghuli siya ng masasamang tao. He caught bad people.