resisting arrest
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1. 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 (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | assault and battery, battery, |
| definition | : | an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact (noun.act) |
| hypernym | : | assault, |
| definition | : | close fighting during the culmination of a military attack (noun.act) |
| domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
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