Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

citizen's arrest

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English

Syllables: cit-i-zen's ar-rest
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An arrest made by a person who is not acting as a sworn law enforcement official to detain a suspected criminal until the police can be summoned.

Countable

Usage

Countable

Inflected Forms

citizen's arrests (plural) citizens' arrests (plural)

Questions

What does citizen's arrest mean?: An arrest made by a person who is not acting as a sworn law enforcement official to detain a suspected criminal until the police can be summoned.

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