Editing Arrest (section)

==Etymology==
[[File:Lucy.Parsons.1915.arrest.jpg|thumb|American [[socialist]] activist [[Lucy Parsons]] after her arrest for [[riot]]ing during an [[unemployment]] protest at [[Hull House]] in [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]], 1915]]

The word "arrest" is [[Anglo-Norman language|Anglo-Norman]] in origin, derived from the French word ''arrêt'' meaning 'to stop or stay' and signifies a restraint of a person. Lexicologically, the meaning of the word arrest is given in various dictionaries depending upon the circumstances in which the word is used. There are numerous slang terms for being arrested throughout the world. In [[British slang]] terminology, the term "nicked" is often synonymous with being arrested, and "nick" can also refer to a [[police station]], and the term "pinched" is also common.<ref>Partridge, Eric and Paul Beale''A dictionary of slang and unconventional English'', p. 790, 886.</ref> In the [[United States]] and [[France]] the term "collared" is sometimes used.<ref>Hérail, René James and Edwin A. Lovatt, ''Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French'', p. 194.</ref> The terms "lifted" or "picked up" are also heard on occasion.<ref>Partridge, Eric and Paul Beale''A dictionary of slang and unconventional English'', p. 681.</ref>