roundup

[round-uhp]

noun

1. the driving together of cattle, horses, etc., for inspection, branding, shipping to market, or the like, as in the western U.S.

2. the people and horses who do this.

3. the herd so collected.

4. the gathering together of scattered items or groups of people.

   a police roundup of suspects.

5. a summary, brief listing, or résumé of related facts, figures, or information.

   Sunday's newspaper has a sports roundup giving the final score of every baseball game of the past week.

Word History and Origins

Origin of roundup¹

First recorded in 1760–70; noun use of verb phrase round up

Idioms and Phrases

see head for (the last roundup). Also see round up.

Example Sentences

It was the largest such roundup at a single site in U.S. history: roughly 450 arrests, including more than 300 Koreans.

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Local tribes and nonprofits have partnered to fight the roundup plan, arguing that the Indigenous community should be tapped to manage the animals that roam their ancestral lands.

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Vasquez Perdomo, a district court found that ICE had conducted roundups at car washes, bus stops and farms based solely on appearance and place.

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“We are disturbed by what can only be described as an act of terror and indiscriminate roundup of Latino street vendors, day laborers, and people who were going about their daily lives,” the organization stated.

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In the 1970s and 1980s, the federal government launched roundups targeting Mexican and Central Americans.

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