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
The investigation remains ongoing, Hartsock said, and he wouldn’t specify how many of the suspects have been take into custody.
From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2023
The detainer request is an alert ICE sends to a local law enforcement agency when police have arrested someone immigration officials want to take into custody on suspicion of being in the country illegally.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2017
At sunset the watchmen are stationed in all parts of the town, and take into custody all suspected or unknown persons.
From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by Jackson, James Grey
