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apprehend

verb as in catch and arrest

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In Lake County, north of Chicago, ICE agents on Monday apprehended several people at a community college, at a Home Depot and outside Waukegan City Hall, community organizers said.

“Not the Super Bowl and nowhere else. We will find you. We will apprehend you. We will put you in a detention facility, and we will deport you.”

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"Unfortunately, they were so organised that they got away before the police were able to apprehend them."

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"After he was apprehended by the courtroom security, the chief justice told the lawyers to continue their arguments and not get distracted," Mr Jha added.

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Sixteen months after his arrest for the Hearts fraud, Jalal was once again apprehended by authorities – this time as the suspected leader of a people-smuggling operation.

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

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