| 单词 | citizen's arrest |
| 释义 | > as lemmascitizen's arrest citizen's arrest n. (also citizens' arrest) Law (originally U.S.) an arrest carried out by a person not acting as a qualified law enforcement officer (allowable in certain cases). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [noun] > other types of arrest protective arrest1915 citizen's arrest1941 1941 Rep. Supreme Court Calif. 2nd Ser. 16 655 Several days after the trial of said action, defendant purported to make a so-called citizen's arrest of Mr. Prouty under section 837 of the Penal Code. 1972 Jet 2 Mar. 48/1 Four members of the Oklahoma Ku Klux Klan attempted a citizens' arrest of the cast of the musical, Hair, during a nude scene. 1986 Guardian 20 Aug. 1/5 Joseph Hanson..was detained after a private detective made a citizen's arrest on a double-decker bus. 2010 P. Barclay Zimbabwe (2011) p. xv While visiting London in 1999, Mugabe was the object of an attempted citizen's arrest by Peter Tatchell. < as lemmas |
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