#legal action
- To pawn — The action of giving or leaving a movable asset as a pawn (pledge) to secure a monetary loan; to pawn or pledge a valuable object. Figuratively, the term describes sacrificing, compromising, or endangering an abstract and valuable thing (such as the future, honor, or freedom) for immediate advantage.
- To arrest — To legally deprive a person of liberty through apprehension or incarceration, based on a warrant or an order issued by a competent judicial authority. In a structural procedural sense, the action marks the transition of a suspect from a state of liberty to a regime of pretrial detention or sentence execution, governed by strict criminal law rules designed to guarantee fundamental rights protection.