apprehend

To begin, law enforcement agents cannot use deadly force merely to apprehend someone suspected of crime.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

"I'm grateful to the FBI for leading this investigation and to the New York State Police for their work to apprehend this dangerous individual," New York Governor Kathy Hochul wrote on X.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

"Every effort is being made to identify and apprehend the perpetrators of the attack," the spokesman said.

From Barron's ● May 23, 2026

County Sheriff’s Department and Ventura County Sheriff’s Department worked collaboratively to apprehend the seven alleged thieves.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

“We have his picture, description, measurements and fingerprints in the event we have cause to apprehend him,” he informed headquarters.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Porzak, a gifted photographer, apprehends the world visually, but to reach her mother as she slipped in and out of a coma, she used sound.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2022

The Border Patrol apprehends migrants who cross the border unlawfully.

From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2020

The Border Patrol apprehends people entering the U.S. illegally, both directly at the U.S.-Mexico border and with its series of highway checkpoints miles from the border.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 2019

CBP is the agency that apprehends and first detains migrant parents and children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 25, 2019

Volkheimer switches off the light, and Werner apprehends something excruciating held at bay there in the darkness.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Some 100 people who arrived were surrounded by police and one of the movement's coordinators, Benjamin Ball, and its spokeswoman, Azelma Sigaux, were apprehended by police, an AFP reporter said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026

Morley was apprehended by Missouri State Highway Patrol "without incident" in Carroll County at 11:34am local time on Tuesday.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

McGuire was apprehended as he was trying to access a red Ford Mustang car parked outside the building.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

The administration has forced the closure of some commercial-driving training schools and apprehended drivers who have commercial driver’s licenses but may be in the country illegally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Police have apprehended three teenage boys who were seen in the area on the night of the incident.

From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone

They distinguished between apprehending and deporting the “worst of the worst,” which the president promised to do, and arresting hardworking, mostly law-abiding neighbors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Hargitay, largely known for apprehending “especially heinous” offenders for the last 27 years, is just about the farthest away from an objectionable choice as you can get.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Sir Mark said that "apprehending violent and dangerous criminals is a full contact and messy task which may appear shocking to observers with little experience of policing in the real world".

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

“If the U.S. government is unilaterally going into a sovereign country and apprehending somebody, you can understand the concern that sovereign entity might have,” Colombo told reporters outside the courthouse on Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

An age when crime was a fact of life, and entire industries were based on apprehending, trying, and punishing criminals.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman