Definitions for resisting arrest
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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

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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

   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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1. • Assault
   • Battery

How to pronounce resisting arrest?

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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. Brian Encinia:

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

2. Donald Williams:

   I said,' officer, he's not resisting arrest, you have your knee on him and you have handcuffs on him, he's detained at this moment,'.

3. Theresa Rucks:

   She shouldn’t have been in any kind of trouble. Now it turned out to be where she’s in McCracken because the assistant principal did not like what her shirt had read, they got her with resisting arrest for a shirt that was peaceful protesting.

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. Theresa Rucks:

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