prise de corps

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁiz də kɔʁ/

Noun

prise de corps f (plural prises de corps)

1. (law) committal (act of committing someone to confinement; order for someone's imprisonment)
2. (law) apprehension, arrest (act of seizing someone, of arresting them)

Usage notes

• Unrelated in meaning to prendre corps.