arrest
Example Sentences
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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.
Now protesters are braving arrest or bullets as they demand not just changes in policy, but the downfall of the Islamic Republic itself.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.