sweeps

[sweeps]

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. Slang.,  sweep.

Example Sentences

Overnight, the winds will peak across Scotland as heavy rain sweeps southeast across England and Wales, before gradually easing later on Saturday.

From BBC

Agents are conducting sweeps in the streets, arresting people who might otherwise have gone unnoticed.

From Los Angeles Times

The often brutal immigration sweeps of the Eishenhower administration — which bore the name of a racial slur — targeted Latinos and deported more than one million immigrants.

From Los Angeles Times

We are happily debating what the rules of these broad sweeps will be, having given up entirely on the fact that broad sweeps are horrific.

From Los Angeles Times

But a summer of immigration sweeps has fueled distrust in the community, and put city officials on the defensive.

From Los Angeles Times