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  • 71The Custody of the Pumpkin — Infobox Book | name = The Custody of the Pumpkin title orig = translator = image caption = author = P. G. Wodehouse illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Short story publisher = The Saturday… …

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  • 72arrest on suspicion of — take into custody as a suspect …

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  • 73arrest — ar·rest 1 /ə rest/ n [Middle French arest, from arester to stop, seize, arrest, ultimately from Latin ad to, at + restare to stay]: the restraining and seizure of a person whether or not by physical force by someone acting under authority (as a… …

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  • 74arrest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. seize, apprehend, capture, nab (inf.), pinch, bust (both sl.); stop, halt; retard, suspend. See end, restraint. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Legal restraint] Syn. apprehension, taking into custody,… …

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  • 75Sheriffs in the United States — Deputy sheriff, Mogollon, New Mexico in 1940 …

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  • 76Restraint — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Restraint >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 restraint restraint Sgm: N 1 hindrance hindrance &c. 706 Sgm: N 1 coercion coercion &c.(compulsion) 744 Sgm: N 1 cohibition cohibition constraint repression …

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  • 77impound — im·pound /im pau̇nd/ vt: to take control of in the custody of the law or by legal authority impound a vehicle the police impound ed the dwelling until the search warrant was obtained im·pound·ment n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… …

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  • 78Citizen's arrest — A citizen s arrest is an arrest made by a person who is not acting as a sworn law enforcement official.[1] In common law jurisdictions, the practice dates back to medieval Britain and the English common law, in which sheriffs encouraged ordinary… …

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  • 79seize — vt seized, seiz·ing 1 or seise: to put in possession of property or vest with the right of possession or succession stand seized of land 2: to take possession or custody of (property) esp. by lawful authority seize drugs as evidence …

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  • 80apprehend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. seize, arrest; grasp, see, understand, perceive. See restraint, knowledge. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To understand] Syn. perceive, comprehend, grasp; see understand 1 . 2. [To arrest] Syn. seize, place… …

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