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# arrest — English to French

How English *arrest* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [arrest in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/arrest/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: arrest (46 468), arrests (10 036). By style: everyday 60 · literary 10 · biblical 5 · parliamentary 2 322 · legal and administrative 1 083 · UN documents 53 024.

## arrestations

Used about 32 113 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 20 · literary ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 1 393 · legal and administrative ≈ 869 · UN documents ≈ 29 826). Forms: arrestation, arrestations.

- Am I under **arrest**?
  Suis-je en état d'**arrestation** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#953091](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/953091) [\#1314042](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1314042))

- Javert was just getting out of bed when the messenger handed him the order of **arrest** and the command to produce the prisoner.
  Javert se levait au moment où l'exprès lui remit l'ordre d'**arrestation** et le mandat d'amener.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6424)

- Four days later came the **arrests**.
  Quatre jours plus tard, on procédait à ces **arrestations**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 450058)

- Their families are often not notified of the **arrest**.
  Les familles sont souvent laissées dans l'ignorance des **arrestations**.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 4500361)

- D. **Arrests** and detention
  D. **Arrestations** et détention
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 5196514)

## arrêt

Used about 3 356 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 489 · legal and administrative ≈ 102 · UN documents ≈ 2 762).

- An **arrest** warrant was issued for the company's accountant.
  Un mandat d'**arrêt** fut délivré au nom du comptable de l'entreprise.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1355400](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1355400) [\#1390085](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1390085))

- The European **Arrest** Warrant has replaced extradition.
  Le mandat d'**arrêt** européen a remplacé l'extradition.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1326913)

- European **arrest** warrant proceedings
  Procédures relatives au mandat d'**arrêt** européen
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 3899887)

- He was allegedly not presented with an **arrest** warrant.
  Aucun mandat d &apos; **arrêt** ne lui aurait été présenté.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 25826994)

- An **arrest** warrant was issued for the company's accountant.
  Un mandat d'**arrêt** a été délivré au nom du comptable de l'entreprise.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1355400](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1355400) [\#1390086](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1390086))

## police

Used about 1 664 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · UN documents ≈ 1 657).

- Did the police **arrest** Tom?
  La **police** a-t-elle arrêté Tom?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and shiboy · checked, community translation · [\#1495817](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1495817) [\#5566400](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5566400))

- The **arrest** was carried out on the order of the National Police Commissioner.
  The arrest was carried out on the order of the National **Police** Commissioner.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 20228448)

- Did the police **arrest** him?
  Est-ce que la **police** l'a arrêté ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#3920315](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3920315) [\#11280255](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11280255))

- 9.15 Under article 259, the police units which have placed the person under **arrest** must immediately inform the court or the Public Prosecutor &apos; s Department, as appropriate.
  9.15 L &apos; article 259 établit le devoir de communication immédiate au juge ou au Ministère public, selon les cas, pour les entités de **police** qui effectuent une détention.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 8942886)

- The police can't **arrest** you.
  La **police** ne peut pas t'arrêter.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#3920310](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3920310) [\#6171814](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6171814))

## arbitraires

Used about 552 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 552).

- It is particularly concerned about reported instances of police violence against Roma, sweeping **arrests**, and arbitrary raids of Roma settlements by the police.
  Il s &apos; inquiète particulièrement des cas relatés de violence policière à l &apos; encontre de Roms, de rafles et de descentes de police **arbitraires** dans des campements de Roms.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 13647681)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Tom is under house **arrest**.
  Tom est assigné à résidence.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#7006259](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7006259) [\#13309140](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13309140))

- Are you here to **arrest** me?
  Es-tu ici pour m'arrêter ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1886341](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1886341) [\#3702426](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3702426))

- We aren't here to **arrest** you.
  Nous ne sommes pas ici pour t'arrêter.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#6874141](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6874141) [\#1638947](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1638947))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-fr/).

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