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apprehend

[ap-ri-hend] / ˌæp rɪˈhɛnd /




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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

In 2019, prosecutors brought charges using the minimum number of victims needed to apprehend Epstein in order to keep the case secret and avoid him fleeing, according to people familiar with the investigation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026

And Mendigo had come to apprehend her.“Can you drop me off someplace else?” she asked.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

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

From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2022

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

Las Vegas police do not track how many county jail inmates ICE apprehends, OcampoGomez said.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 27, 2021

The Border Patrol apprehends migrants who cross the border unlawfully.

From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2020

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

And in a batch of cases announced this week, the department published 11 photos of lawful permanent residents being apprehended.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The arrests are the second time in a matter of weeks that men have been apprehended wandering near or in a U.K. military base in the middle of the night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Brown wasn’t arrested until November, when he was apprehended by U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

It reports five of the occupants were apprehended "only after a GB News producer alerted the authorities".

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The culprit is far too cunning to be apprehended for this dastardly deed.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

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

“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

Border Security Minister Alex Norris said the UK was "cracking down on the criminals exchanging human lives for cash" and praised officers for apprehending "this smuggling kingpin".

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 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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