Sentence examples for arrested to settle from inspiring English sources

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Mr. Liu's family suspects that he may have been arrested to settle old scores, noting that Mr. Liu had gotten caught up in an internal dispute involving departments within the Public Security Bureau over an elevator he sold it several years ago.

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He also alleged that Aliaga arrested him to "settle a score" for previously saying Glendale police officers were "Keystone Cops," a term that described incompetent police officer roles in silent films.

The arrest seemed to settle the question of whether the attacker was an employee of the hospital.

Is this just a case of arrested development, or has he a score to settle?

The city has agreed to settle false arrest lawsuits brought by 16 of the youngsters and will pay them from $9,000 to $23,000 each.

On Dec. 26, he got a call from an unfamiliar voice telling him to come to the base the next day to "settle accounts". There, he was arrested.

The City of Chicago agreed to pay $6.2 million to settle a wrongful arrest lawsuit brought by a boy who was charged with the murder of 11-year-old Ryan Harris in 1998.

The City of Chicago has agreed to pay $2 million to settle the wrongful-arrest suit of one of two boys accused in the slaying of an 11-year-old girl in 1998.

In what one lawyer called a small victory for artistic freedom -- or at least for the bawdy traditions of the Mermaid Parade in Coney Island -- the city has agreed to settle a false arrest lawsuit filed by a woman who was detained at the 2001 parade because she exposed her breasts.

Serbia striker Aleksandar Mitrovic, who cost £13m in the summer, was supposed to arrest the problem of last season, but has yet to settle.

The police said that when they arrested a suspect, he told them he "had a beef to settle".

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