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Umar Hayat, 22, was arrested and confessed to the murder soon after her death, but pleaded not guilty in Islamabad's district court on Saturday.

From BBC

"You can walk down the street and just shout a couple of words and it could get you punched, it could get you arrested, it could get you beaten up," he says.

From BBC

One such protest across the Roebling Bridge ended in chaos after Covington, Ky., police deployed force against demonstrators, resulting in the injury and arrest of more than a dozen people, including two reporters.

From Salon

“In general, in the neighborhood we don’t want to call the cops because they’re not going to solve anything or they’re going to arrest someone, or beat someone or shoot someone,” he said.

Others had been arrested while leaving court hearings.

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

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