citizen's arrest
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English
Noun
citizen's arrest (plural citizen's arrests or citizens' arrests)
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (uncountable, law) The right of a person who is not acting as a sworn law enforcement official to detain a suspected criminal until the police can be summoned.
- (countable, law) An arrest made under this right.
Translations
right of a person to detain a suspected criminal
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an arrest made under this right
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Further reading
- “citizen's arrest”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “citizen s arrest”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
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