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Meanings of apprehended in English

Fully understood or grasped.

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Usage of apprehended in English
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The athlete said he was then aggressively apprehended by law enforcement officials.
Ebony
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He was afterwards apprehended in Pennsylvania for complicity in the Whisky Insurrection.
Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and blood...
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Witnesses immediately alerted police officers, who apprehended the suspect in the station.
Radio NZ
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That is still a fraction of the number of border crossers apprehended.
Reuters
5
In 1799 the Marlborough Street officers apprehended at the gaming house, No.
The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 2 (of 2)
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At this stage we have not apprehended him, Australia's Defence Department said.
Reuters
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The supporter was apprehended by stewards and subsequently arrested by Derbyshire police.
The Guardian
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I can sleep famously in the cars, and I apprehended no difficulty.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
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The suspects were found processing gold when they were apprehended, Maluleke said.
The South African
10
McNair stayed at large for nine months before being apprehended in Nebraska.
The new yorker
11
The princess broke it open and read it and apprehended its purport.
Tales from the Arabic — Complete
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A suspect was apprehended in the shopping center's parking lot, Oates said.
Ebony
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He later pleaded guilty to the charges in June after being apprehended.
Radio NZ
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On the other hand, the case of the North was not apprehended.
Abraham Lincoln
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Shakur and Acoli fled the scene, but were later apprehended by authorities.
Ebony
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What would become of it in the general massacre which is apprehended?
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 1
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South Africa
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New Zealand
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United Kingdom
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