apprehend

To begin, law enforcement agents cannot use deadly force merely to apprehend someone suspected of crime.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 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

The interior ministry statement said in a statement translated from Arabic: "Security forces immediately launched an operation to apprehend the perpetrators, acting on precise intelligence and through intensive field operations, tracking the kidnappers' movements."

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

In January, Yemen’s Interior Ministry re-upped a request to its Emirati counterpart to apprehend Al-Maqtari and his associates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026

Yes, yes, the perfumer is saying, his gaze flitting over von Rumpel’s insignia, a few years ago he helped authorities apprehend an out-of- towner who was taking measurements of buildings.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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

Then on Wednesday, The Times newspaper reported that the incident had been foiled after one of the five suspects tipped off the police before the group was apprehended.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 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

It was 4:30 p.m. when FBI agents apprehended him and shuttled him off in a car to FBI headquarters.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

They distinguished between apprehending and deporting the “worst of the worst,” which the president promised to do, and arresting hardworking, mostly law-abiding neighbors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Federal immigration agents fanned across the city, apprehending workers at car washes, garment businesses, Home Depots and other locations.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

It is not the first time Latin American officers have used fancy dress while apprehending suspected criminals.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 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

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