take into custody
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
He pointed to a provision adopted by Congress in 1996 that said federal authorities “shall take into custody any alien” with an “aggravated felony” in their past.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2022
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
It says the attorney general “shall take into custody any alien” who has committed certain offenses “when the alien is released” from state or local custody.
From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2019
But the power to hold in custody is utterly nugatory, if there be no power to take into custody.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various
