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Citizen's arrest
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.
📖 Definitions of "Citizen's arrest"
noun
- 1
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.
- 2
An arrest made under this right.
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