Homonyms - Arrest (As a Noun and Verb)

 1. (verb) - to catch.

• The police arrested Sam when they found drugs in his car.
• Alexa was arrested for shoplifting at the age of 16.

2. (verb) - to stop.

• The vaccine has failed to arrest the spread of the virus.
• The latest treatment has done little to arrest the spread of the cancer in her body.

3. (noun) - the act of arresting somebody.

• Two arrests were made, but no one has been charged yet.
• He was stopped at the airport and placed under arrest.