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Definition of citizen’s arrest noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

citizen’s arrest

noun

/ˌsɪtɪznz əˈrest/

/ˌsɪtɪznz əˈrest/

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an arrest made by a member of the public, not by the policeTopics Crime and punishmentc2

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