citizen's arrest
noun
: an arrest made not by a law officer but by a citizen who derives authority from the fact of being a citizen
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A CVS employee then signed a citizen's arrest form for the theft.
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Lauren Huff, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Sheriff's deputies arrived in the neighborhood following the citizen's arrest.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 6 Feb. 2025
White and his neighbors decided to make a citizen's arrest.
—Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2025
Gardner was injured during the citizen's arrest and admitted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he is being guarded by police and will be booked in a Davidson County Jail on criminal homicide charges when he is released, police said.
—Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 15 Nov. 2024
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Lauren Huff, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Sheriff's deputies arrived in the neighborhood following the citizen's arrest.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 6 Feb. 2025
White and his neighbors decided to make a citizen's arrest.
—Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2025
Gardner was injured during the citizen's arrest and admitted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he is being guarded by police and will be booked in a Davidson County Jail on criminal homicide charges when he is released, police said.
—Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 15 Nov. 2024
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“Citizen's arrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/citizen%27s%20arrest. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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