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English
Noun
citizen's arrest (plural citizen's arrests or citizens' arrests)
- (countable, law) An arrest made by a person who is not acting as a sworn law enforcement official to detain a suspected criminal until the police can be summoned.
Translations
an arrest made under this right
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 公民逮捕 (gōngmín dàibǔ)
- Finnish: kiinniottaminen
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