Apprehend and Jail

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Apprehend

Apprehend verb - To take or keep under one's control by authority of law.
Usage example: the agency charged with apprehending criminals who have violated federal law
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Jail and apprehend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Jail" instead a verb "Apprehend".
Nearby Words: apprehension, apprehensive, apprehensively, apprehensible, apprehending

Jail

Jail verb - To put in or as if in prison.
Usage example: threatened to jail the punks if they so much as jaywalked
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Apprehend and jail are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Apprehend" instead a verb "Jail".
Nearby Words: jailed, jailer, jailing, jailor

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  • Characters / X Men Rogues Gallery M To Z Cowboy Cop: When the FBI couldn't apprehend a mutant (or he thought a jail cell wasn't enough) Denti would gear up and go after them as the X-Cutioner.
    Source: Characters / X Men Rogues Gallery M To Z
  • Series / Narcos Roberto "Poison" Ramos' real-life counterpart, Jhon "Popeye" Jairo Velásquez was apprehend by Columbian authorities in 1992, and sequentially sentenced to 23 years and 3 months of jail.
    Source: Series / Narcos
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