apprehend

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

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

"We are urgently working to find and apprehend him, and would appeal to him directly to hand himself in."

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

The cantonal public prosecutor's office has opened a criminal investigation, which is ongoing to try and apprehend the perpetrators, it said.

From Barron's ● May 23, 2026

The case, and his disappearance sometime around 2016, have remained a matter of interest across the globe, with countries including the U.S. and Malaysia seeking to recoup funds and apprehend Low.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

If Gordievsky was seen buying a train ticket, the KGB would apprehend him immediately.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

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

Curtis Smiley, says Currier apprehends a high volume of violators and despite his effectiveness as a warden, he remains highly respected as a member of the sporting community.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 1, 2016

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

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said the "very serious events" happened in Trappes, to the west of Paris, adding that the suspected attacker had been "apprehended and placed in police custody".

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Police later said the teenage suspect apprehended was the Welsh-born son of Christian Rwandan immigrants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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

On Wednesday, in a local Sydney court, prosecutors withdrew the charges after it was agreed that Ahmed would abide by an apprehended domestic violence order for 12 months, limiting his contact with his father.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

The third white man and the white woman involved in the kidnapping and subsequent events were never identified or apprehended.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe

ICE, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment, has defended its arrests near courthouses as a “common sense” approach to apprehending offenders at times and locations where authorities know they will be.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

“Our detectives never stopped pursuing every lead, and every tip we received brought us one step closer to identifying and apprehending this violent offender.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 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

The viral photograph of federal authorities apprehending little Liam Conejo Ramos in his bunny ear beanie and Spider-Man backpack stunned viewers across the country, filling them with horror and rage.

From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2026

I took these techniques, these ways of seeing and feeling, and twisted them, bent them, adapted them, until they became my ways of apprehending the locked-in life of the Black Belt areas.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright