Unarrest
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Unarrest is a verb meaning (transitive) To release (an arrested person) from custody.
Meaning
(transitive) To release (an arrested person) from custody.
More Meanings
- The act of cancelling an arrest.
Example Sentences
Several unarrests, and only two total successful arrests, occurred at the Navy Memorial.
They were subsequently unarrested and released into their parents’ custody on Friday evening.
These long stops essentially consist of a form of illegal, undocumented arrest, an investigation, and an “unarrest”—a wholly unconstitutional process.
However, it has been suggested to the Committee that police will not utilise this power because there will be a fear of the "unarrest" being used as evidence of a wrongful arrest.
Word Forms
- unarrests
- unarresting
- unarrested
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dearrest, de-arrest, rest, rescue, unrestrain, unrelease.
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