Past tense of arrest
regular verb
The past tense of arrest is arrested. The past participle is also arrested.
Forms of arrest
| Base form (V1) | arrest /əˈɹɛst/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | arrested /əˈɹɛstɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | arrested /əˈɹɛstɪd/ |
| Present participle | arresting /əˈɹɛstɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | arrests |
Arrested in a sentence
- The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry.
- The suspect merchant ship has been arrested by customs officers.
- Police arrested the head of the gang in a raid last night.From the entry head
- Once arrested, I realized that handcuffs are concrete, even if my concept of what is legal wasn't.From the entry concrete
- The man was arrested for touching a girl without her consent.From the entry touch
Meaning of arrest
- noun A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
- noun The condition of being stopped, standstill.
- noun The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
Questions about the past tense of arrest
- What is the past tense of arrest?
- The past tense of arrest is arrested.
- What is the past participle of arrest?
- The past participle of arrest is arrested.
- Is arrest a regular or irregular verb?
- Arrest is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: arrest (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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