arrest
Example Sentences
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Authorities cracked down on the scheme last week with the arrest of nine people, mostly Chinese nationals.
That summer, 1960, Jackson came home and led a sit-in at the library, his arrest a first taste of civil disobedience.
From Los Angeles Times
That database could show a match if the suspect had a previous arrest and gave law enforcement a DNA sample in the past.
From BBC
Scotland Yard said 32 people had been arrested and 24 charged, in connection with one gang, and more than 1,000 phones and 200 laptops had been recovered.
From BBC
In 1960, he was arrested with seven other students after a silent demonstration in a whites-only public library, which led to the desegregation of the library.
From BBC
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