Usually means: Detaining suspect by a civilian.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. citizen's arrest: Merriam-Webster
  2. citizen's arrest: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. citizen's arrest: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. citizen's arrest, citizen's arrest: Collins English Dictionary
  5. citizen's arrest: Wiktionary
  6. citizen's arrest: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. citizen's arrest: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. citizen's arrest, citizens arrest: Dictionary.com
  9. Citizen's arrest, Citizens arrest: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. citizen's arrest: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (citizen's arrest)

noun:  (uncountable, law) 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.
noun:  (countable, law) An arrest made under this right.

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