citizen's

citizen's — 名詞

1. the act of holding a suspected criminal so that the police can come, done by an

1.名詞B2
釋義

公民逮捕

一般民眾自行逮捕嫌犯的行為

the act of holding a suspected criminal so that the police can come, done by an ordinary person rather than a police officer.

例句

Hiro made a citizen's arrest after he saw the thief grab a tourist's bag.

Hiro 看到那名小偷搶走遊客的包包後，當場進行公民逮捕。

make a citizen's arrest after witnessing a crime

Two shopkeepers performed a citizen's arrest on the man who broke their window.

兩位店家對打破他們窗戶的男子進行公民逮捕。

perform a citizen's arrest on [suspect]

同義詞
  • private arrest

    a more formal legal term for the same action by a non-officer

反義詞
  • police arrest

    carried out by an officer using formal police powers

文法句型

make a citizen's arrest

perform a citizen's arrest

a citizen's arrest of [person]

用法筆記

Almost always appears in the fixed phrase 'citizen's arrest', usually with 'make' or 'perform'. The legal rules for when an ordinary person may do this vary by country, and police may still review whether the arrest was lawful.

常見錯誤

❌The shop owner did a citizen arrest on the thief.
✅The shop owner did a citizen's arrest on the thief.
💡the possessive '-'s' is part of the fixed phrase and cannot be dropped.