"figure" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He also arrested several public figures from the Mahathir era for corruption, a move which was widely applauded by the public.
- A state of siege was imposed by the army last June when it moved to arrest leading figures of the Islamic Salvation Front.
- The planned February mutiny was ultimately thwarted when British intelligence infiltrated the Ghadarite movement, arresting key figures.
- American intelligence agencies arrested key figures in the aftermath of the Annie Larsen affair in 1917.
- The morning after, the state forces clamped down on known opposition leaders in the capital, arresting several prominent figures.
- The prosecutor general did arrest several public figures on charges of election fraud in the first half of 2005, but no high-profile case was bought to court.
- Some of the shorter poems in this book also arise from arresting historical figures or moments.
- But NATO troops started by arresting minor figures.
- That means arresting demonstrators, student leaders and charismatic figures.
- According to Marcellinus, once Paulus arrived, he widened his remit and began arresting other figures, often on apparently trumped-up charges and without evidence.
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