take into custody
Example Sentences
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The measure would require the state corrections department to take into custody people who are charged or convicted under the measure if local or county law enforcement agencies don’t have enough space to house them.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024
On Lync, the bureau’s internal chat system, she said she felt sorry for the man she had helped take into custody.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2023
It said a Briton and a Croatian had been take into custody but that it could provide no further details due to the preliminary nature of the investigation.
From Reuters • Dec. 14, 2021
But it is not clear how many people Immigration and Customs Enforcement might choose to take into custody, and the agency did not immediately clarify.
From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2021
An order was then given to take into custody all men on the estate.
From Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom by White, Trumbull
