sweeps

[sweeps]

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. Slang.,  sweep.

Example Sentences

He scanned the street for law enforcement vehicles and hit refresh on a crowdsourced map that showed recent immigration sweeps.

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The woman sweeps her gaze across us, her attention lingering ever so slightly on me.

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Even if agents were to begin identifying themselves during sweeps, the distrust created from this summer’s sweeps will stay with community members for some time, advocates say.

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But as the fire wore on, police began to conduct crime suppression sweeps in the evacuation zones where opportunistic burglars were breaking into homes they knew were empty.

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He recently analyzed how sweeps in Los Angeles have led to racial profiling.

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