arrest
Example Sentences
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“I don’t quite understand the need for all this secrecy. Don’t law enforcement agencies usually want to publicize big arrests? Aren’t smuggling busts public information?”
From Literature
Following his first escape in west London, Boakye travelled to an address in Thamesmead, south-east London, where he was located and arrested a day later.
From BBC
“I remember once in Paris, he just stepped out for cigarettes, and the next thing I knew, he was arrested by the police for floating nude down the Seine.”
From Salon
Northamptonshire Police said 15 people had been arrested as part of investigations into incidents at the hospital that reportedly took place since October 2024.
From BBC
Authorities cracked down on the scheme last week with the arrest of nine people, mostly Chinese nationals.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
