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nounAn 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.
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nouna warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court
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Translations
Catalan crida i cerca, ordre d'arrest
- crida i cercadocument authorizing an arrest
- ordre d'arrestdocument authorizing an arrest
Chinese Mandarin 逮捕證 /逮捕证, 拘捕令
- 逮捕證 /逮捕证 (dàibǔzhèng)document authorizing an arrest
- 拘捕令 (jūbǔlìng)document authorizing an arrest
- 拘票 (jūpiào)document authorizing an arrest
- 逮捕令 (dàibǔlìng)document authorizing an arrest
Czech zatykač
- zatykačdocument authorizing an arrest
Danish arrestordre
- arrestordredocument authorizing an arrest
Dutch arrestatiebevel, aanhoudingsbevel
- arrestatiebeveldocument authorizing an arrest
- aanhoudingsbeveldocument authorizing an arrest
Esperanto arestordono
- arestordonodocument authorizing an arrest
Finnish pidätysmääräys
- pidätysmääräysdocument authorizing an arrest
French mandat d'arrêt, mandat d'arrestation
- mandat d'arrêtdocument authorizing an arrest
- mandat d'arrestationdocument authorizing an arrest
German Haftbefehl
- Haftbefehldocument authorizing an arrest
Greek ένταλμα σύλληψης
- ένταλμα σύλληψης (éntalma sýllipsis)document authorizing an arrest
Hawaiian palapala hopu
- palapala hopudocument authorizing an arrest
Hungarian letartóztatási parancs, elfogatóparancs
- letartóztatási parancsdocument authorizing an arrest
- elfogatóparancsdocument authorizing an arrest
Italian mandato di arresto
- mandato di arrestodocument authorizing an arrest
Japanese 逮捕状
- 逮捕状 (taihojō)document authorizing an arrest
Korean 체포영장
- 체포영장 (chepoyeongjang)document authorizing an arrest
Latin praemandata
- praemandatadocument authorizing an arrest
Malay waran tangkap, waran penangkapan
- waran tangkapdocument authorizing an arrest
- waran penangkapandocument authorizing an arrest
Māori wārati hopu
- wārati hopudocument authorizing an arrest
Polish list gończy, nakaz aresztowania
- list gończydocument authorizing an arrest
- nakaz aresztowaniadocument authorizing an arrest
Portuguese mandado de prisão
- mandado de prisãodocument authorizing an arrest
Romanian mandat de arestare
- mandat de arestaredocument authorizing an arrest
Russian о́рдер на аре́ст
- о́рдер на аре́ст (órder na arést)document authorizing an arrest
Spanish orden de arresto
- orden de arrestodocument authorizing an arrest
Swedish häktningsbeslut, häktningsorder
- häktningsbeslutdocument authorizing an arrest
- häktningsorderdocument authorizing an arrest
- arresteringsorderdocument authorizing an arrest
Tagalog utos ng pagdakip, utos sa pagdakip
- utos ng pagdakipdocument authorizing an arrest
- utos sa pagdakipdocument authorizing an arrest
- mandamiento de arrestodocument authorizing an arrest
Tamil கைதாணை
- கைதாணை (kaitāṇai)document authorizing an arrest
Thai หมายจับ
- หมายจับ (mǎai-jàp)document authorizing an arrest
Cite this entry
APA
arrest warrant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrest%20warrant
MLA
“arrest warrant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrest%20warrant. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arrest warrant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrest%20warrant.
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