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custody

noun as in confinement, jailing

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An initial statement from the university indicated that a suspect was in custody.

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The department said a suspect was in custody.

The unharmed child was rescued and placed into protective custody by Arizona authorities.

Cruz was handcuffed by the Los Angeles Police Department and taken into custody for five hours, but Berko said he and his client expect the case will be dropped.

Details remain scant, but the agreement stipulates the Palestinian group release all hostages in its custody in exchange for the release of an unspecified number of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israel jail.

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

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