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long arm of the law
noun as in police force
Strongest matches
Example Sentences
“The long arm of the law is catching up with Yahya Jammeh’s accomplices all around the world, and hopefully will soon catch up with Jammeh himself,” he said.
His former lieutenants continue to get ground under the bus, and as much as he screams, the long arm of the law is reaching out with a death grip for Trump’s corrupt activities.
In my first account of Trump’s lawlessness, I explained how the fraudulent behavior of the Houdini of white-collar crime escaped the clutches of the long arm of the law with only some minor scratches.
Not only is he not our only hope, his hope for eluding the long arm of the law is rapidly dwindling.
A mother and son that had been hiding from the long arm of the law in Mexico since 2016 were deported back to Texas to face trial for evidence tampering and a hit-and-run respectively, the U.S.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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