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apprehend

[ap-ri-hend] / ˌæp rɪˈhɛnd /




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"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

"We owe it to Beata and her family to find answers, and to apprehend anyone involved in her death," he added.

From BBC Jun. 22, 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

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

That Thursday, Mayor Clarkson placed a notice in the newspapers saying there was “great reason to apprehend that a dangerous infectious disorder” was loose in the city.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

She plays a thieving fox whom Po apprehends stealing relics.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 7, 2024

At the same time, it estimates that it apprehends about 80 percent of people crossing illegally.

From Washington Post Oct. 27, 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

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

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

The target folders ensured that agents apprehended the correct person.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Nunez said the suspect was "apprehended by an off-duty police officer".

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

He was apprehended after family and friends reached out to law enforcement, officials said last year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 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

Federal immigration agents fanned across the city, apprehending workers at car washes, garment businesses, Home Depots and other locations.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 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

We must all reexamine our beliefs in a critical and dispassionate spirit to determine whether we are apprehending reality or clinging to mental fetishes.

From Salon Dec. 20, 2025

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




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