apprehend

Example Sentences

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He declined to provide details on how the suspect was found and apprehended.

From Los Angeles Times

For 30 years, this provision applied primarily to people apprehended at the border shortly after entering the country.

From Salon

The Associated Press reported the designation empowering U.S. troops to apprehend immigrants and others accused of trespassing on Army, Air Force or Navy bases, and authorizing additional criminal charges that can mean prison time.

From Los Angeles Times

The Geneva Convention forbids the intentional targeting of wounded combatants, saying that those participants should be apprehended and given medical aid.

From BBC

The rules of engagement in such armed conflicts - as set out in the Geneva Conventions - forbid the targeting of wounded participants, saying that those participants should instead be apprehended and cared for.

From BBC