raid
Example Sentences
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A year-end wave of immigration raids in the Central Coast led to the apprehension of 147 people, sparking outrage from elected officials and immigrant-rights groups.
From Los Angeles Times
His grandfather hid and locked away knives and tools from Sturdivant, he told the FBI after the raid.
The analysis shows an outsize effect on noncitizen women, whose reported employment plummeted about 8.6%, or 1 in 12 out of work after raids began to roil Los Angeles in early June.
From Los Angeles Times
Immigration raids: Federal immigration agents are barred from nonpublic areas of public schools unless they have a judicial warrant or court order.
From Los Angeles Times
Wednesday's raids took place in Istanbul and 24 other provinces including Ankara and Yalova, the minister said.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
