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citizen's arrest
noun
- an arrest made by a private citizen whose authority derives from the fact of citizenship.
citizen's arrest
noun
- an arrest carried out by an ordinary member of the public rather than an officer of the law
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of citizen's arrest1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
They said they would make a citizen's arrest on anyone who attacked the students.
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.
The guard injured her hand in the fall and requested a citizen鈥檚 arrest.
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