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.
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
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 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
So much for the suspected criminal, whom we will not take into custody until he has galloped off in our own saddle.
From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various
