German-English translation for "verhaften"

"verhaften" English translation

verhaften
transitives Verb | transitive verb v/t <kein ge-; h>

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he was arrested on suspicion of murder...
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verhaften
Neutrum | neuter n <Verhaftens>

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@ ANaje tweets: People are being arrested on the streets leading to down town and Tahrir Square!
@ANaje tweetet: Leute werden auf dem Weg zur Innenstadt und zum Tahrirplatz verhaftet!
Source: GlobalVoices
None of Putin s KGB kingpins ’ has been arrested or even demoted.
Keiner von Putins Schlüsselfiguren im KGB wurde verhaftet oder gar degradiert.
Source: News-Commentary
Lawyers, human rights activists, and political leaders have since been arrested.
Juristen, Menschenrechtsaktivisten und politische Führer wurden seitdem verhaftet.
Source: News-Commentary
They can't arrest all of us because there aren't enough prisons for that.
Sie können uns nicht alle verhaften, weil es dafür nicht genügend Gefängnisse gibt.
Source: GlobalVoices
We are thinking in the old world here- some of our colleagues are thinking in the old world.
Wir denken wie in der alten Welt, einige unserer Kollegen sind dem Denken der alten Welt verhaftet.
Source: Europarl
Some of the journalists were arrested simply because they were doing their duty.
Einige Journalisten wurden verhaftet, nur weil sie ihre Arbeit taten.
Source: Europarl
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