This is the 6454th most frequent Arabic word.
اعتقال
Detention or arrest.
In this sentence, 'اعتقال' is used to mean 'arrest' and denotes the procedure of detaining someone officially.
تم اعتقال المشتبه به من قبل الشرطة.
The suspect was arrested by the police.
Here, 'اعتقال' is used as a nominal object meaning 'arrest,' describing the process of apprehension.
عملية اعتقال السارق استغرقت وقتًا طويلًا.
The arrest of the thief took a long time.
In this sentence, 'اعتقال' is used to refer to the concept of detention, especially in a collective sense.