A situation in which the police take someone in for questioning in a manner that makes it, in reality, an arrest, without the requisite probable cause, is called:

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The term "detention tantamount to arrest" refers to a situation where the police detain someone without arresting them formally, but the detention is, in fact, an arrest due to its nature and duration. This kind of detention is not based on the required probable cause for an arrest and is, therefore, an infringement of the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution.

A Situation in Which the Police Take Someone in for Questioning