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arrest

[uh-rest] / əˈrɛst /






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On the day of the U.S. operation that resulted in Maduro’s arrest, hundreds of Venezuelans cheered the news in a local square.

From Los Angeles Times

Since then, he has been arrested and prosecuted numerous times.

From BBC

Wine, who has been repeatedly arrested in the past, campaigned in a flak jacket, saying the race has become a "war".

From Barron's

They exchanged a coded warning using four heart emojis to warn each other in case South Korea tried to bar their travel or arrest them, prosecutors said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now protesters are braving arrest or bullets as they demand not just changes in policy, but the downfall of the Islamic Republic itself.

From The Wall Street Journal