"arrest" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The strategy of making sweeping arrests of low-level drug dealers was described by Mr. Giuliani shortly after he was elected.
- The New York Times stated that their action was to protest the "sweeping arrests of dozens of generals" as a part of a conspiracy investigation.
- Contrast the orderliness of this ongoing transition with the purges, palace intrigue and sweeping arrests surrounding the death of Mao Zedong in 1976.
- In 2002, Spanish authorities were successful in hampering the organization's activities through sweeping arrests, including some of the group's leadership.
- After the Taba attacks, the government made sweeping arrests throughout the area, saying local Bedouins were involved.
- In the first months after Sept. 11, immigrant advocates and civil rights groups were largely hesitant about criticizing the government's sweeping arrests and detention of Muslim men.
- Israel has also carried out sweeping arrests in the West Bank aimed at Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
- Earlier this month, the Indian government granted sweeping arrest and interrogation powers to security forces in four districts in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
- The ISU performed sweeping arrests within a specific boundary from the summit venue.
- In 1939 and in 1942 there were sweeping arrests of former members of the National Spiritual Assembly.
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