Antonyms for resisting arrestre·sist·ing ar·rest

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1. • Assault
   • Battery

Princeton's WordNet

1. resisting arrestnoun

   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

How to use resisting arrest in a sentence?

1. Brian Encinia:

   When you pull away from me, you're resisting arrest.

2. Donald Williams:

   I said,' officer, he's not resisting arrest, you have your knee on him and you have handcuffs on him, he's detained at this moment,'.

3. Theresa Rucks:

   They got her with resisting arrest for a shirt that was peaceful protesting.

4. Andrew Brown:

   When weighing the degree of force used, a prosecutor must pay careful attention to the facts and circumstances of each particular case including the severity of the crime at issue, whether the suspect poses an immediate threat to the safety of officers or others, and whether he is actively resisting arrest or attempting to evade arrest by flight, i find the facts of this case clearly illustrate the officers who used deadly force on Andrew Brown Jr. did so reasonably and only when a violent felon used a deadly weapon to place their lives in danger.

5. Peter King:

   You had a 350-pound person who was resisting arrest. The police were trying to bring him down as quickly as possible, if he had not had asthma and a heart condition and was so obese, almost definitely he would not have died.

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