1) Anti-lightning device 2) Arrester hook 3) Checker 4) Citizen, at times 5) Constraint 6) Cop making a collar 7) Cop, on occasion 8) Lightning device 9) One who takes people in 10) Perp apprehender 11) Police officer, at times 12) Restraint 1) Cop 
• (n.) The person at whose suit an arrestment is made. • (n.) One who arrests.
Ar·rest'er noun 1. One who arrests. 2. (Scots Law) The person at whose suit an arrestment is made. [ Also written arrestor .]
[n] - a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier
Short for Surge Arrester, a device that limits surge voltage by diverting it.
arrester hook noun a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier
a person or thing that arrests. · See