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false arrests

false arrests is the plural of false arrest.

Meaning of false arrest

Noun

false arrest (countable and uncountable, plural false arrests)

  1. The act of holding someone in custody without reasonable grounds.

Questions about false arrests

What is false arrests the plural of?
False arrests is the plural of false arrest.

Words near false arrests in the dictionary

  1. false analogies
  2. false analogy
  3. false antechinus
  4. false antechinuses
  5. false arrest
  6. false arrests
  7. false asphodel
  8. false attack
  9. false attacks
  10. false balance
  11. false balances

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