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Princeton's WordNet

  1. resisting arrestnoun

    physical efforts to oppose a lawful arrest; the resistance is classified as assault and battery upon the person of the police officer attempting to make the arrest

Wikipedia

  1. Resisting arrest

    Resisting arrest, or simply resisting, is an illegal act of a suspected criminal either fleeing, threatening, assaulting, or providing a fake ID to a police officer during arrest. In most cases, the person responsible for resisting arrest is criminally charged or taken to court.

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  1. resisting arrest

    Resisting arrest is a criminal charge referring to actions deliberately taken by an individual to evade or obstruct a law enforcement officer attempting to carry out a lawful arrest. Such actions may include fleeing, physical force, providing false information, or any other behavior that delays or prevents arrest. The exact definition may vary by jurisdiction and laws.

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  1. Resisting arrest

    In some countries, resisting arrest is a criminal charge against an individual who has committed, depending on the jurisdiction, at least one of the following acts: ⁕fleeing a police officer while being arrested ⁕threatening a police officer with physical violence while being arrested ⁕physically struggling to get out from being restrained ⁕attacking a police officer while being arrested ⁕providing an officer with false identification The website Resisting Arrest states that not all arrests are lawful and based upon probable cause. However, an attempt at resisting arrest can lead to additional charges. It is also possible that an overzealous police officer might try to justify the use of excessive force by claiming that the person was resisting arrest. Similar offenses may be defined very differently in other countries.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Resisting arrest in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Resisting arrest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Resisting arrest in a Sentence

  1. Theresa Rucks:

    They got her with resisting arrest for a shirt that was peaceful protesting.

  2. Mia Paz in jail:

    I had so much fear, I didn’t know how to manage it, and I lashed out. I ran from police until my first charge was for resisting arrest at age 15, i was arrested again at age 16. The police officer he sat on my back and he lashed my feet to my hands. What that policeman did, it felt not much different from what my uncle did. I could speak about the police, but I couldn't talk about my uncle, the fear was deep inside.

  3. Brian Encinia:

    When you pull away from me, you're resisting arrest.

  4. Andrew Brown:

    When weighing the degree of force used, a prosecutor must pay careful attention to the facts and circumstances of each particular case including the severity of the crime at issue, whether the suspect poses an immediate threat to the safety of officers or others, and whether he is actively resisting arrest or attempting to evade arrest by flight, i find the facts of this case clearly illustrate the officers who used deadly force on Andrew Brown Jr. did so reasonably and only when a violent felon used a deadly weapon to place their lives in danger.

  5. Peter King:

    You had a 350-pound person who was resisting arrest. The police were trying to bring him down as quickly as possible, if he had not had asthma and a heart condition and was so obese, almost definitely he would not have died.

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