sweeps

[sweeps]

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. Slang.,  sweep.

Example Sentences

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

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As many people shop, go to work, walk their dogs and stroll with their friends through parks, others are being chased down, tear-gassed, detained and assaulted by federal agents carrying out immigration sweeps.

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But Davis said the surge in sweeps has residents scared and exasperated, triggering a trickle-down effect that can swamp a community's economy.

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Alerts about raids are popping up regularly online as activist groups warn residents about sweeps in Latino-heavy neighborhoods like Cicero, Little Village and Pilsen.

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The performer represents a population that’s been targeted by the current administration via unconstitutional sweeps of brown people in American cities, regardless of their immigration status.

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