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Humble

/ˈhʌmbəl/

(Baltimore) An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject.

📖 Definitions of "Humble"

noun
  1. 1

    (Baltimore) An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject.

verb
  1. 1

    To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of

  2. 2

    To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.

adjective
  1. 1

    Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.

    "He lives in a humble one-bedroom cottage."

  2. 2

    Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.

  3. 3

    Near the ground.

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