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  2. Snatch squad - Wikipedia

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    The undercover officers can arrest any individual attempting to break or loot a store, often in an isolated scenario with few crowds as not to provoke an attack on the officers. Snatch squads are also employed against violent fugitives when they are otherwise likely to barricade themselves or use force in a search warrant setting.

  3. Kettling - Wikipedia

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    The term kettle is a metaphor, likening the containment of protesters to the containment of heat and steam within a domestic kettle.Its modern English usage may come from "Kessel" – literally a cauldron, or 'kettle' in German – that describes an encircled army about to be annihilated by a superior force. [4]

  4. Glossary of journalism - Wikipedia

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    See also References External links A advocacy journalism A type of journalism which deliberately adopts a non- objective viewpoint, usually committed to the endorsement of a particular social or political cause, policy, campaign, organization, demographic, or individual. alternative journalism A type of journalism practiced in alternative media, typically by open, participatory, non ...

  5. List of police-related slang terms - Wikipedia

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    This slang for policemen, especially hawaladars, ("Havāladāra", meaning constable in Marathi) came to be from the 1975 Dada Kondke film Pandu Hawaldar. Panduri Serbo-Croatian, slang for a group of police officers. The meaning derived from the Latin word banderium, in which the word banderia also came from. They were military units created by ...

  6. Dictionary.com - Wikipedia

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    Among its features, Dictionary.com offers a Word of the Day, [12] a crossword solver, [13] and a pop culture dictionary [14] that includes emoji and slang sections. In 2010, Dictionary.com began a Word of the Year feature with the word change. [15] The selection is based on search trends on the site throughout the year and the news events that ...

  7. Are citizens’ arrests legal in Texas? State law is blurry and ...

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    Article 14.01 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure states that a peace officer “or other person” can make an arrest without a warrant when an offense is committed in their presence or ...

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    Check Your Fact also did not find any credible news reports to support the claim. Actually, the opposite is true. Actually, the opposite is true. On Dec. 5, Logically Facts debunked the claim ...

  9. Man Who Threatened Dictionary Publisher Sentenced To A ... - AOL

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    Jeremy Hanson, 35, made violent anti-LGBTQ-related threats against dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster Inc. over its updated gender definitions. Man Who Threatened Dictionary Publisher Sentenced ...