"arrest" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The attempt proved impracticable, and following wholesale arrests in the spring of 1902, the League fell to pieces.
- But the Washington police had clearly learned the tactical lesson of Seattle, making wholesale arrests simply to clear the streets.
- The names of its chief frequenters became known, and soon wholesale arrests were made, which were followed by the inevitable condemnations.
- General Stroessner restored the state of siege, and the police put an end to the demonstrations with the wholesale arrest and torture of the protesters.
- This wholesale arrest was later called the Kyoto Popular Front Incident of 1937.
- That ensured that wholesale, indiscriminate arrests became an integral part of the system.
- Mr President, wholesale arrests of opposition activists have taken place in Belarus in the last few days.
- I fully condemn the wholesale arrest of political opponents of the General, which include 3 000 peaceful protestors and civilian and human right activists.
- Violence broke out, with trolley cars, tracks and wiring destroyed, police brutality and wholesale arrests of strikers.
- In retaliation, Union officers brought 400 Union troops into Houma, where they began a wholesale arrest of residents.
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