apprehend
Example Sentences
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Most of the orders involved individuals apprehended in immigration sweeps who judges had decided weren’t subject to mandatory detention and should quickly be given a bond hearing or released.
Lemon’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, said Lemon was in Los Angeles to cover the upcoming Grammy Awards when he was apprehended in a hotel lobby late Thursday night.
From Salon
Working with the FBI in Mexico, Mexican authorities, and the Orange County district attorney’s office, investigators tracked Lira to a home south of the border where she was apprehended.
From Los Angeles Times
“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.
He was apprehended at the airport in Colombo before boarding a flight to Dubai, and spent a few weeks in detention before being granted bail.
From Barron's
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