arrest

Naija

Etymology

From: English arrest

Pronunciation

àrěst

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Verb

• Make police catch person put for cell or prison.

• Police people arrest di man wey dey kidnap people.  — (NSC_2021, The police arrested the kidnapper.)
• Wait first, you do wetin make de arrest you abi you no do?  — (NSC_2021, Wait, are you guilty of what you have been arrested for or not?)

Synonym

• gbab,

Antonym

• release, free

Translation

• English: arrest