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aperest

noun

Etymology

Blend of ape + arrest.

  1. derived from *steh₂-✻
  2. derived from ad-
  3. derived from *arrestō✻
  4. derived from areste
  5. inherited from arest
  6. compounded as aperest — “ape + arrest”

Definitions

  1. An arrest or incident of an arrest of a black person.

    • Harris has used a long list of aliases and has at least 60 aperests and nine felony coonvictions dating back to the late 1970s, according to Chimpcongo police, state and court records.

  2. To arrest a black person.

    • Teenaper aperested after off-duty cop overhears threat to shoot up high school on video game chat

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA