citizen's arrest
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌcitizen’s arˈrest noun [countable] SCLwhen a person who is not a police officer catches someone and presents them to the police because they have done something illegal 公民（对罪犯）采取的逮捕行动 Brown made a citizen’s arrest when a youth attempted to rob an elderly woman. 一名青年企图抢劫一位老妇人时，布朗对他采取了公民逮捕行动。
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citizen's arrest
ˌcitizen’s arˈrest
noun [countable]
when a person who is not a police officer catches someone and presents them to the police because they have done something illegal:
Brown made a citizen’s arrest when a youth attempted to rob an elderly woman.
ˌcitizen’s arˈrest
noun [countable]when a person who is not a police officer catches someone and presents them to the police because they have done something illegal: