apprehension

• Those costs come from crime-apprehension, adjudication and incarceration, business costs in lost productivity and time, bankruptcy, suicide, illness, costs of social services and the costs of government regulation. —  Baptist Standard
• Tobacco Free Lincoln County Coordinator Bonnie Thompson also understands the apprehension, which is just one reason why she coordinated Thursday's Business Night Out and continues to work with businesses to make the transition as smooth as possible. —  News from www.nptelegraph.com
• Looking around me upon these able and patriotic representatives, who come here with full hearts and tell us of their position--of the feelings of their people--of the anxiety and apprehension which is so deeply felt among them, can I believe that these men are dishonest? —  A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861
• Confound if I don't take in all the offers I have made for his apprehension, and at the very next convention of our party I'll nominate him to represent us in the National Congress; for, of all the fools that ever I have met in my life, the people of this county are the greatest! —  Capitola's Peril A Sequel to 'The Hidden Hand'
• Not strange that her apprehension is almost an agony Meanwhile the steamer's boat has been manned, and set loose as quickly as could be done. —  The Death Shot A Story Retold

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