n.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
One of the opposition candidates in the first round of voting was killed by military police who said he was resisting arrest on suspicion of plotting a coup.
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The man was detained on suspicion of aggravated burglary, resistingarrest, disorderly behaviour and assaulting police.