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roundup

noun as in collection, collation

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It was the largest such roundup at a single site in U.S. history: roughly 450 arrests, including more than 300 Koreans.

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Local tribes and nonprofits have partnered to fight the roundup plan, arguing that the Indigenous community should be tapped to manage the animals that roam their ancestral lands.

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Vasquez Perdomo, a district court found that ICE had conducted roundups at car washes, bus stops and farms based solely on appearance and place.

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“We are disturbed by what can only be described as an act of terror and indiscriminate roundup of Latino street vendors, day laborers, and people who were going about their daily lives,” the organization stated.

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In the 1970s and 1980s, the federal government launched roundups targeting Mexican and Central Americans.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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