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apprehending

  • present participle
    of apprehend.
    apprehend
    verb (used with object)
    to take into custody; arrest by legal warrant or authority.

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Hargitay, largely known for apprehending “especially heinous” offenders for the last 27 years, is just about the farthest away from an objectionable choice as you can get.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

“If the U.S. government is unilaterally going into a sovereign country and apprehending somebody, you can understand the concern that sovereign entity might have,” Colombo told reporters outside the courthouse on Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

Witnesses in Hollywood described the agents fanning out in the lot, apprehending people quickly and leaving within roughly half an hour.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025

Their lives are put at risk in the line of duty, apprehending suspects, dealing with public disorder and more - but what happens to police dogs when their years of duty come to an end?

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2025

I took these techniques, these ways of seeing and feeling, and twisted them, bent them, adapted them, until they became my ways of apprehending the locked-in life of the Black Belt areas.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright