Aresti (en. Aresti)

/ares'ti/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

noun

Action of arresting or legally detaining someone.

The police made an aresti in the downtown area.

La policía realizó un aresti en la zona centro.

Legal situation in which a person is arrested.

The arrest of the suspect was very publicized.

El aresti del sospechoso fue muy mediático.

From the Latin 'arrestare', which means to stop.

in flagrante aresti

At the moment of committing a crime.

en flagrante aresti

released under aresti

To be released from an arrest due to precautionary measures.

salir bajo aresti

aresti without a warrant

Detention carried out without a court order.

aresti sin orden

detention

Interruption of a person's freedom by an authority.

detención

probation

Legal situation in which a person is released from prison under certain conditions.

libertad condicional

trial

Legal process in which guilt or innocence is determined.

juicio

To be in the slammer.

They caught him and now he is in the slammer for an aresti.

Lo pillaron y ahora está en el bote por un aresti.

To freak out because of trouble.

When they arrested him, he freaked out because of the trouble.

Cuando lo detuvieron, se cagó por las panas.