arrest warrant

English

Alternative forms

warrant of arrest

Noun

arrest warrant (plural arrest warrants)

(law) An official document that authorizes law-enforcement officials to arrest a named person and to bring that individual before a court of law or other authority.

Synonyms

capias; fiddle (obsolete slang)

Translations

document authorizing an arrest

Catalan: crida i cerca (ca) f, ordre d'arrest f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 逮捕證／逮捕证 (zh) (dàibǔzhèng), 拘捕令 (jūbǔlìng)
Czech: zatykač (cs) m
Danish: arrestordre c
Dutch: arrestatiebevel (nl) n, aanhoudingsbevel (nl) n
Esperanto: arestordono
Finnish: pidätysmääräys
French: mandat d’arrêt (fr) m, mandat d’arrestation m
German: Haftbefehl (de) m
Greek: ένταλμα σύλληψης n (éntalma sýllipsis)
Hawaiian: palapala hopu
Hungarian: letartóztatási parancs (hu), elfogatóparancs (hu)
Italian: mandato di arresto m
Japanese: 逮捕状 (ja) (たいほじょう, taihojō)
Latin: praemandata n pl
Maori: wārati hopu
Polish: list gończy (pl) m, nakaz aresztowania m
Portuguese: mandado de prisão m
Romanian: mandat de arestare (ro) n
Russian: о́рдер на аре́ст m (órder na arést)
Serbo-Croatian: nalog za uhićenje (sh) m
Spanish: orden de arresto f
Swedish: häktningsbeslut n, häktningsorder c, arresteringsorder c
Tagalog: utos ng pagdakip, utos sa pagdakip, mandamiento de arresto
Thai: หมายจับ (th) (mǎai-jàp)
Volapük: fanäbükamabüd (vo), büd ad fanäbükam

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