arrestable offence

noun

Etymology

From arrestable + offence. First defined and introduced in English law by the Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58).

Definitions

  1. A criminal offence such that the offender may be arrested without warrant.

The neighborhood

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