arrest vs permit

arrest

verb
  • To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. 

  • To catch the attention of. 

  • To stop or slow (a process, course etc.). 

  • To undergo cardiac arrest. 

noun
  • The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators. 

  • A device to physically arrest motion. 

  • The condition of being stopped, standstill. 

  • A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something. 

  • A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse 

  • The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc. 

  • A confinement, detention, as after an arrest. 

permit

verb
  • To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. 

  • To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for. 

  • To allow for, to make something possible. 

  • To allow, to admit (of). 

  • To grant formal authorization for (something). 

  • To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something). 

noun
  • A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus. 

  • An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal. 

  • A learner's permit. 

How often have the words arrest and permit occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )