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[uh-rest] / əˈrɛst /






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The DOJ has long claimed that the policy was not arbitrary but carefully laid out in a May 2025 email about “Courthouse Arrest Guidance and Case Adjudication.”

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

Arrest warrants are court orders based on probable cause that a crime has been committed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

He is in custody pending extradition under a European Arrest Warrant.

From Barron's • Nov. 8, 2025

A senior German investigator involved in the probe noted that Germany issued a so-called European Arrest Warrant, a European Union instrument that needs to be executed under the law.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

“Call the sheriff. Arrest that boy,” Mrs. Larkin ordered.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool




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