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arrest

noun as in taking into custody

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noun as in slowing or stopping

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verb as in take into authorized custody

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verb as in stop or slow

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verb as in get someone's attention

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Marshals in Dubai on Thursday, nearly five months after an attempted-murder arrest warrant was issued in Miami.

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Their tips had helped authorities arrest various drug traffickers.

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Season 2 showed how the team grappled with his arrest; Harris pleaded guilty in 2022 and is currently serving a 12-year sentence.

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His arrest came nearly five months after a warrant was issued on an attempted murder charge stemming from an altercation outside a celebrity kickboxing event in spring in Miami.

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Kony's ICC trial cannot begin unless he is arrested and present in court in The Hague.

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