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arrest

[uh-rest] / əˈrɛst /






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Mountbatten-Windsor's lawyers used a judicial review to successfully challenge the actions of the force's chief constable and the Central Criminal Court in the build-up to his arrest.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

"They came and said, 'look, we're not here to arrest you, get you in trouble, we're here to support you'," Alice said.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

From “honey pots” to insider threats, Silicon Valley was on espionage alert even before the FBI’s arrest of an OpenAI employee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Kremer said the Orange County district attorney dropped the charges in connection with his arrest on Tuesday without explanation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Not knowing that his arrest was imminent, and believing that his passport was legal, on July 13, 2004, he went to Narita Airport in Tokyo to board a plane bound for Manila.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Over the summer, the Jacksonville, Fla., area became a hot spot for arrests of residential-construction workers, with some subcontractors estimating 70% of their workforce has been lost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

"We condemn criminal violence by any party in the West Bank and call for investigations, arrests, and convictions, of those responsible," the spokesperson said.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Gen. Rob Bonta said such arrests have long been barred because they are unconstitutional and deeply disruptive to the rule of law and the rights of victims, witnesses, defendants and other parties to court proceedings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

The intelligence chief said there had been 50 arrests in the last year over Iran-linked activities.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

If anything, they encouraged Alice Paul and her allies to stage more provocative protests that attracted larger crowds and led to more arrests.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

According to German officials, the suspect's holiday plans were intercepted and he was arrested by Japanese police when he entered the country.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Dipke said he was undeterred despite the possibility of being arrested ahead of Friday's protest.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

He was arrested in Japan in May when he travelled to the country for a holiday.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Police are still looking for the Louvre’s stolen trove of 19th-century jewelry, though French authorities arrested eight people in connection with the crime last October.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

“Would you be willing to take a Jewish mother and her baby into your home? They will almost certainly be arrested otherwise.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Tusk thanked the police for "swift and decisive action" in arresting the suspect.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Police said a security patrol had spotted an abandoned vehicle near the Molesworth base and police found a "small breach" before arresting the men in the early hours of Thursday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

It was a world that Richard Kerbaj brings back into lively and arresting focus in “The Defector.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

In Europe and elsewhere, co-ordinated, multi-national police and customs operations take place regularly, seizing large numbers of stolen antiquities and arresting some of the traffickers.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

The police maintained that Fuller tried to prevent them from arresting the other man, a charge which Fuller denied.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson


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