"citizen's arrest" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: citizen's arrests [plural], citizens' arrests [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|citizens' arrests}} citizen's arrest (plural citizen's arrests or citizens' arrests)
  1. (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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (right of a person to detain a suspected criminal): 公民逮捕權 (Chinese Mandarin), 公民逮捕权 (gōngmín dàibǔquán) (Chinese Mandarin), yleinen kiinniotto-oikeus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-citizen's_arrest-en-noun-UZ1gMC4G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'right of a person to detain a suspected criminal': 95 5
  2. (countable, law) An arrest made under this right. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Law Translations (an arrest made under this right): 公民逮捕 (gōngmín dàibǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), kiinniottaminen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-citizen's_arrest-en-noun-IqnxYjIJ Topics: law Disambiguation of 'an arrest made under this right': 4 96

Inflected forms

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