Term: resisting arrest: 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
Broader: battery: an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact | Unrelated: hood: an aggressive and violent young criminal
Broader: battery: an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact | Unrelated: airplane mechanics: the craft of building and repairing airplanes
Broader: battery: an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact | Unrelated: christology: the branch of theology concerned with the person and attributes and deeds of Christ
Broader: battery: an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact | Unrelated: occupancy: an act of being a tenant or occupant
Broader: battery: an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact | Unrelated: camel's hair: a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel
Broader: battery: an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact | Unrelated: withstander: an opponent who resists with force or resolution
Broader: battery: an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact | Unrelated: samarium: a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite
Broader: battery: an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact | Unrelated: kinosternidae: mud turtles; musk turtles
Broader: battery: an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact | Unrelated: flintlock: an obsolete gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge
Broader: battery: an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact | Unrelated: king's ransom: a very large treasure