arrest
Example Sentences
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Bill Essayli touted the arrest of Michael Angel Alvarez on social media, noting that he had previously been convicted of committing a murder as a member of the gang.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
He has been in custody since his arrest in West Sussex on 16 May.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Messina Denaro spent three decades on the run until his arrest in 2023 as he left a clinic where he was being treated for cancer.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
A court dismissed an arrest warrant for Dong on Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
When Sophie Scholl’s boyfriend, Fritz Hartnagel, heard of Sophie’s arrest, he discharged himself from a military hospital, where he was recuperating from a war injury.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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