Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Retaining through life an infantile or a juvenile state of development with respect to any organ. Modifications of structure from
arrested development, so great or so serious as to deserve to be called monstrosities, are of common occurrence.
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- adjective Having been
stopped or prevented fromdeveloping - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
arrest .
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Examples
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His deputy chief of police, Gerold Dompig, used the broader term, detained, but as I say, his boss using the term arrested at this stage.
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We use the term arrested, and then we say they're being detained, and I get = = perfectly honest, I'm a bit confused which it is.
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The next day the neighbor sent her over the book; the title arrested her attention oddly -- "The Woman's Kingdom."
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The title arrested his attention from some fresh point of view, and he pondered it, as he made his way along the corridor, and knocked at a door.
The Market-Place Harold Frederic 1877
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The title arrested my eyes while passing through the Atlanta airport.
Pure Church by Thabiti Anyabwile Thabiti Anyabwile 2010
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Kennedy pursed her lips as she considered the word arrested.
Act of Treason Vince Flynn 2006
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Kennedy pursed her lips as she considered the word arrested.
Act of Treason Vince Flynn 2006
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One guy was given a caution by another team last week and he was again arrested 4 days later, because he saw the police as soft and felt no consequences to his behaviour. on October 8, 2009 at 11: 50 am Ed Chap
How “Police Performance” Fraud Works. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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With 10 competitors every month and only one winner, that leaves the vast majority of promising webcomics in arrested development.
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The man arrested is a friend of the President, so it is understandable that he would take his friends side.
First on the CNN Ticker: GOP questions Obama's police criticism 2009
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