arrest

Example Sentences

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Federal agents in the Twin Cities lately have been conducting more targeted immigration arrests at homes and neighborhoods, rather than staging in parking lots.

From Los Angeles Times

Albanian police arrested 20 people over their role in smuggling toxic waste from the Balkan country to Thailand, the force said Wednesday.

From Barron's

I could be arrested for entering the store.

From Literature

With difficulty I started climbing one of the large trees on the island, but I was arrested by a shrill cry and a sudden scrambling in the upper branches.

From Literature

A man in his 30s and a woman in her 20s were arrested on 7 November on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control.

From BBC