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| | Arrest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | An arrest is the action of the police, or person acting under the color of law, to take a person into custody so that they may be forthcoming to answer for the commission of a crime. |
 | | While an arrest will not necessarily lead to a state sanction such as imprisonment, the arrest itself may have serious ramifications, such as a loss of a job due to inability to pay bail, loss of public housing, and social stigma. |
 | | Arrest can thus be considered to have been a continuous process from the moment of detainer to the pronunciation of the formal words of the caution. |
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