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swoop
- Published: 19 Jul 2011 at 06.30
- Online news: Vocabulary
(1) to make a sudden attack on a place or group of people in order to surround and catch them โจมตีอย่างรวดเร็ว or (2) to move quickly down from the air, usually to make an attack โฉบลงอย่างรวดเร็ว
Senior police say they are about to swoop on drug dealers who have stored over 100 million speed pills in Bangkok apartments.
Officers swooped after Mr Sayan pulled into his house.
It wasn't the traditional fighter jets that swooped low over Veterans Affairs Minister Alan Griffin but a flock of homing pigeons released from cages.
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