take into custody
Example Sentences
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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
But it is not clear how many people ICE might choose to take into custody, and the agency did not immediately clarify.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2021
It said federal authorities “shall take into custody any alien” convicted of certain crimes, some serious and some minor, “when the alien is released.”
From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2019
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
But since he turned out to be a crazy fellow, whom the police had to take into custody, his "demonstrations" did not make much impression on the public.
From The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)
