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citizen's arrest

citizen's arrest noun: 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.

Noun

citizen's arrest (plural citizen's arrests or citizens' arrests)

  1. (countable) 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.

Forms of citizen's arrest

pluralcitizen's arrests
pluralcitizens' arrests

Questions about citizen's arrest

What does citizen's arrest mean?
Citizen's arrest means 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.
What part of speech is citizen's arrest?
Citizen's arrest is a noun.
What is the plural of citizen's arrest?
The plural of citizen's arrest is citizen's arrests.

Words near citizen's arrest in the dictionary

  1. citizen of the world
  2. citizen science
  3. citizen sciences
  4. citizen scientist
  5. citizen scientists
  6. citizen's arrest
  7. citizen's arrests
  8. citizendom
  9. citizeness
  10. citizenesses
  11. citizenhood

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