citizen's arrest

English

Noun

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

1. (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.
2. (countable, law) An arrest made under this right.

Translations

right of a person to detain a suspected criminal

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公民逮捕權／公民逮捕权 (gōngmín dàibǔquán)

• Finnish: yleinen kiinniotto-oikeus

an arrest made under this right

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公民逮捕 (gōngmín dàibǔ)

• Finnish: kiinniottaminen
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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.
• citizen's arrest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia