Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

false arrest

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables: false ar-rest
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of holding someone in custody without reasonable grounds.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

false arrests (plural)

Questions

What does false arrest mean?: The act of holding someone in custody without reasonable grounds.

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