arresting

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Analysts say it isn’t clear how the U.S. will coax foreign investors back to Venezuela, given the regime’s history of seizing businesses and arresting executives.

From The Wall Street Journal

It is unlikely Andrew would have been deemed a risk to the arresting officers or himself, or that he would try to escape, so he probably would have been spared handcuffs.

From BBC

Dal Babu, a former Metropolitan Police Chief Superintendent, told BBC News that by arresting the King's brother, officers will be able to "to access computer equipment, files, photographs, any other evidence".

From BBC

But support falls dramatically, into roughly the high-40s to mid-50s, when it comes to specifics such as arresting people at church, or seizing them when they make required court appearances.

From Los Angeles Times

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, speaking in Davos last month, described an arresting image of the future of international relations: either countries were at the table or they were on the menu.

From BBC