mass arrest

collocation in English

meaningsofmassandarrest

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mass
adjective[before noun]
uk
/mæs/us
/mæs/
having an effect on or involving a large number of people or forming a ...
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arrest
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈrest/us
/əˈrest/
the act of ...
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(Definition ofmassandarrestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmass arrest

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The following period saw themassarrestof the relatives involved in the attempt, including the arrest of the entire families of most of the main conspirators.
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Today's news of themassarrestof pickets, injured policemen and workers set against workers betokens a rapidly deteriorating situation.
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The outcome reflects the use of violence, fraud andmassarrest, in other words, gross violations of the basic rules that govern free and democratic elections.
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The following day he was swept up in amassarrestof peaceful demonstrators, and he declined bail until the city made concessions.
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In the largestmassarrestin city history, 3,776 people were arrested.
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Starting in 1948,massarrestand show trials began to take place against bishops and clergy.
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Amassarrestcampaign was reportedly underway in the area.
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People that after three such warnings are still part of the crowd can then without further warning be subjugated tomassarrest.
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The incident was the largestmassarrestof rabbis in history.
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But the following day he was swept up in amassarrestof peaceful demonstrators, and he declined bail until the city made concessions.
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In somemassarrestsituations, the activists decide to use solidarity tactics to secure the same plea bargain for everyone.
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This, he said, would stop the continuingmassarrestof the communist party personnel and in turn strengthen the party for the future.
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He convinced his parents to let him join in as a youth advocate, but soon into the march he was swept up in amassarrest.
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This tactic provoked exactly the response most likely to polarize communities and obstruct collection : mass arrests, and detentions.
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This in turn led to an increased radicalization among the workers that was crushed by mass arrests of the mill-level leadership.
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In several cases, forced government nationalization has led to mass arrests and rioting.
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The circumstances which exist now are very different from when internment was used before, when it amounted to mass arrests.
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So there we are—mass arrests, it cannot be disputed, and all innocent men.
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They led to mass arrests and to injuries to many others, including police officers, which were both severe and minor.
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Mass arrests have never been in the past, and they are not to-day, an obstacle against subversive organizations.
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