without incident

idiom

: without any unexpected trouble

The suspects were arrested without incident.

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He was taken into custody without incident, according to their statement. —

Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2024 Hall was arrested without incident, McKinley said, but authorities dispatched a drone that found Stiles and Stumpf hiding in the home's attic. —

Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024 He was taken into custody without incident, according to police. —

Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024 Tania Fernandes Anderson, who represents District 7 in Boston, was arrested by FBI agents Friday morning, United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Joshua Levy told reporters during a press conference several hours after she was taken into custody without incident. —

Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for without incident

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