in connection with

idiom

: in relation to (something) : for reasons that relate to (something)

—used especially in journalism

Police arrested four men in connection with the robbery.

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The Metropolitan Police Department made another arrest in connection with a deadly 2023 shooting outside a Northeast Washington nightclub that killed former Morgan State University basketball player Blake Bozeman and injured three others. —

7news Wjla, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2026 He was sanctioned by the European Union in 2019 in connection with the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, England with the nerve agent Novichok. —

Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026 Officers then transported him to the Joliet Police Department, where he was processed on six counts of first-degree murder in connection with the shooting. —

Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026 Two motorists were taken to the hospital in connection with the incident, local authorities said. —

Michael Loria, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for in connection with

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