"arrest warrant" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: arrest warrants [plural]
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  1. (law) An official document that authorizes law-enforcement officials to arrest a named person and to bring that individual before a court of law or other authority. Wikipedia link: arrest warrant Categories (topical): Directives, Law Synonyms: capias, fiddle [obsolete, slang], warrant of arrest Translations (document authorizing an arrest): crida i cerca [feminine] (Catalan), ordre d'arrest [feminine] (Catalan), 逮捕證 (Chinese Mandarin), 逮捕证 (dàibǔzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), 拘捕令 (jūbǔlìng) (Chinese Mandarin), zatykač [masculine] (Czech), arrestordre [common-gender] (Danish), arrestatiebevel [neuter] (Dutch), aanhoudingsbevel [neuter] (Dutch), arestordono (Esperanto), pidätysmääräys (Finnish), mandat d’arrêt [masculine] (French), mandat d’arrestation [masculine] (French), Haftbefehl [masculine] (German), ένταλμα σύλληψης (éntalma sýllipsis) [neuter] (Greek), palapala hopu (Hawaiian), letartóztatási parancs (Hungarian), elfogatóparancs (Hungarian), mandato di arresto [masculine] (Italian), 逮捕状 (taihojō) (alt: たいほじょう) (Japanese), praemandata [neuter, plural] (Latin), wārati hopu (Maori), list gończy [masculine] (Polish), nakaz aresztowania [masculine] (Polish), mandado de prisão [masculine] (Portuguese), mandat de arestare [neuter] (Romanian), о́рдер на аре́ст (órder na arést) [masculine] (Russian), nalog za uhićenje [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), orden de arresto [feminine] (Spanish), häktningsbeslut [neuter] (Swedish), häktningsorder [common-gender] (Swedish), arresteringsorder [common-gender] (Swedish), utos ng pagdakip (Tagalog), utos sa pagdakip (Tagalog), mandamiento de arresto (Tagalog), หมายจับ (mǎai-jàp) (Thai), fanäbükamabüd (Volapük), büd ad fanäbükam (Volapük)

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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "mandado de prisão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "document authorizing an arrest",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mandat de arestare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "órder na arést",
      "sense": "document authorizing an arrest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о́рдер на аре́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "document authorizing an arrest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nalog za uhićenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "document authorizing an arrest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "orden de arresto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "document authorizing an arrest",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "häktningsbeslut"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "document authorizing an arrest",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "häktningsorder"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "document authorizing an arrest",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "arresteringsorder"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "document authorizing an arrest",
      "word": "utos ng pagdakip"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "document authorizing an arrest",
      "word": "utos sa pagdakip"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "document authorizing an arrest",
      "word": "mandamiento de arresto"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mǎai-jàp",
      "sense": "document authorizing an arrest",
      "word": "หมายจับ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "document authorizing an arrest",
      "word": "fanäbükamabüd"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "document authorizing an arrest",
      "word": "büd ad fanäbükam"
    }
  ],
  "word": "arrest warrant"
}

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