亚洲网紅露点

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citizen's arrest

noun

Law.
  1. an arrest made by a private citizen whose authority derives from the fact of citizenship.


citizen's arrest

noun

  1. an arrest carried out by an ordinary member of the public rather than an officer of the law
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of citizen's arrest1

First recorded in 1950鈥55
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On 17 April, a group of activists led by radical, far-right MEP Grzegorz Braun came to the hospital, prevented Dr Jagielska from leaving her office and attempted to carry out a citizen's arrest.

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A police spokesman told Dutch news site AD that people had to be careful making a citizen's arrest as most are "not trained" for such actions.

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They said they would make a citizen's arrest on anyone who attacked the students.

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He goes on to allege in the suit that the private security company 鈥渕ade a purported citizen鈥檚 arrest under false pretenses鈥 and says he was he later detained by Los Angeles Police Department officers and escorted out of Crypto.com Arena.

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The guard injured her hand in the fall and requested a citizen鈥檚 arrest.

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