citizen's arrest

English

Noun

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

(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.
(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

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