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round up

verb as in collect, gather

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Constitution when they rounded up and deported scores of laborers in the country without legal authorization.

Within the first days of the Trump administration, the president signed an executive order that promoted aggressive sweeps to round up and deport people living in the U.S. illegally.

After the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, Hoover offered to round up as many as 10,000 individuals immediately; President Harry Truman was horrified and rejected the idea.

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On top of that, businesses will have to round to the nearest nickel without the penny, which may lead to a slight inflationary effect, depending on whether they round up or down.

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County Supervisor Henry Wright rounded up 100 men to patrol the edges of the city.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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