apprehended
Americanadjective
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arrested, seized, or captured.
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fully and completely understood.
Example Sentences
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He has raced to social media to announce the capture of suspects in two high-profile shootings—that of Charlie Kirk and that at Brown University—before any suspect was actually apprehended.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026
Of the 32 apprehended, only two were convicted, Al-Saadi said, and they were little more than foot soldiers to masterminds of the operation who had already escaped.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
DEA agents apprehended Kassis hours after his arrival.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
In September, mere hours after Charlie Kirk was killed, Patel prematurely announced a suspect had been apprehended — only to have to backtrack when authorities had taken the wrong man into custody.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026
The prisoner’s dilemma owes its name to a scenario, formally identical to the one above, wherein two men suspected of a major crime are apprehended in the course of committing some minor offense.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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