破获 (pò huò) — to crack (a case) and capture (criminals); to uncover and seize (contraband, a hideout)

Definition

Examples

• 警方最近破获了一个大型贩毒集团。
  Jǐng fāng zuì jìn pò huò le yí gè dà xíng fàn dú jí tuán.
  The police recently cracked a major drug trafficking ring.
• 这起盗窃案在三天内就被破获了。
  Zhè qǐ dào qiè àn zài sān tiān nèi jiù bèi pò huò le.
  This burglary case was solved within three days.
• 他们破获了一个地下赌场，抓获了二十多人。
  Tā men pò huò le yí gè dì xià dǔ chǎng, zhuā huò le èr shí duō rén.
  They uncovered an underground casino and arrested more than twenty people.