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citizen's arrests

citizen's arrests is the plural of citizen's arrest.

Meaning of citizen's arrest

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.

Questions about citizen's arrests

What is citizen's arrests the plural of?
Citizen's arrests is the plural of citizen's arrest.

Words near citizen's arrests in the dictionary

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

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