citizen's
Belonging to inhabitants
Citizen's is the possessive form of citizen, indicating something belonging to or associated with a citizen.
It appears in phrases like a citizen's rights, a citizen's duty, or citizen's arrest—the power of a private person to detain someone suspected of a crime until authorities arrive.
Formal choice expression
- ballotVoting document
- juryLegal decision-making body
- participationAct of taking part
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
assembly · petition · referendum · initiative · town hall · public hearing · democracy · representation
Justified claims to freedoms
- dutiesRequired tasks or charges
- obligationsRequired responsibilities
- responsibilitiesDuties one must fulfill
- protectionsMeasures preventing harm
privileges · entitlements · liberties · freedoms · immunities · guarantees · constitutional · charter
Conveying documented information
- smartphoneHandheld connected computer
- footageRecorded video material
- eyewitnessOne who saw events
- blogOnline personal journal
social media · amateur · livestream · documentation · video · upload · viral · breaking news
Hold in custody
- apprehendSeize or understand
- suspectBelieve to be likely
- crimePunishable illegal act
- felonySerious criminal offense
witness · restraint · hold · custody · police · lawful · force · shoplifting
Electromagnetic wave receiver
- CBTwo-way radio abbreviation
- truckerCommercial freight driver
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- channelPassage for transmission
transmission · antenna · handle · broadcast · mobile · communication · shortwave · walkie-talkie
vote
Formal choice expression
- ballotVoting document
- juryLegal decision-making body
- participationAct of taking part
engagement · assembly · petition · referendum · initiative · town hall · public hearing · democracy · representation · constituency
rights
Justified claims to freedoms
- dutiesRequired tasks or charges
- obligationsRequired responsibilities
- responsibilitiesDuties one must fulfill
protections · privileges · entitlements · liberties · freedoms · immunities · guarantees · constitutional · charter · naturalization
reporting
Conveying documented information
- smartphoneHandheld connected computer
- footageRecorded video material
- eyewitnessOne who saw events
blog · social media · amateur · livestream · documentation · video · upload · viral · breaking news · crowdsourced
detain
Hold in custody
felony · witness · restraint · hold · custody · police · lawful · force · shoplifting · reasonable
radio
Electromagnetic wave receiver
channel · transmission · antenna · handle · broadcast · mobile · communication · shortwave · walkie-talkie · breaker
citizen'sgovernment's
Of the ruling authority
state's · crown's · federal · sovereign's · municipal
citizen'sforeigner's
Belonging to a non-native
alien's · immigrant's · stranger's · outsider's · visitor's
citizen'sgovernment's
Of the ruling authority
state's · official's · authority's · administration's · bureaucracy's
- senior citizenAged person, typically retired
- citizens' arrestsPrivate persons detaining suspects
- good citizenLaw-abiding community participant
- second-class citizenOne denied equal treatment
- citizen's arrestCivilian detaining suspected criminal
- fellow citizenOne sharing nationality