takes into custody

Main Entry:
take into custody
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put under arrest
Synonyms: apprehend, arrest, bust, capture, collar, nab, pick up, run down, seize, take prisoner
Main Entry: book
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: arrest
Synonyms: accuse, charge, prefer charges, take into custody
Antonyms: exonerate, free, let go
Main Entry: capture
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: catch and forcefully hold
Synonyms: apprehend, arrest, bag*, bust, catch, collar, conquer, cop, gain control, get, grab*, hook*, land, nab, nail, net, occupy, overwhelm, pick up*, pinch*, prehend, pull in, put the cuffs on, round up, run in, secure, seize, snare, snatch, take, take captive, take into custody, take prisoner, trap, tumble
Antonyms: free, let go, liberate, lose, release
Main Entry: nab
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: seize
Synonyms: apprehend, arrest, capture, catch, clutch, cop, detain, grab, nail, pick up*, run in, snatch*, take into custody, take*
Antonyms: let go, release
Main Entry: pick up
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: arrest for crime
Synonyms: apprehend, book*, bust, collar, detain, nab, pinch*, pull in, run in, take into custody
Antonyms: free, release
Main Entry: pinch
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: arrest
Synonyms: apprehend, bust, collar, detain, hold, nab, pick up*, pull in, run in, take into custody
Antonyms: free, release
Main Entry: pull in
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: arrest
Synonyms: apprehend, bust, collar, detain, nab, nail, pick up, pinch, run in, take into custody
Antonyms: exonerate, free, let go
Main Entry: run in
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: arrest
Synonyms: apprehend, bust, collar, cop, detain, handcuff, jail, nab, pick up, pinch*, pull in, put the cuffs on, take into custody, throw in jail
Antonyms: exonerate, free, let go
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Book.
Category: 2. Conventional means; written language
Synonyms:
-nouns
booklet; writing, work, volume, tome, opuscule; tract, tractate; livret; brochure, libretto, handbook, codex, manual, pamphlet, enchiridion, circular, publication; chap book., part, issue, number, livraison; album, portfolio; periodical, serial, magazine, ephemeris, annual, journal., paper, bill, sheet, broadsheet; leaf, leaflet; fly leaf, page; quire, ream, chapter, section head, article, paragraph, passage, clause., folio, quarto, octavo; duodecimo, sextodecimo, octodecimo., encyclopedia; encompilation; library, bibliotheca; press (publication)., writer, author, litterateur, essayist, journalism; pen, scribbler, the scribbling race; literary hack, Grub-street writer; writer for the press, gentleman of the press, representative of the press; adjective jerker, diaskeaus, ghost, hack writer, ink slinger; publicist; reporter, penny-a-liner; editor, subeditor; playwright; powt., bookseller, publisher; bibliopole, bibliopolist; librarian; bookstore, bookseller's shop., knowledge of books, bibliography; book learning (knowledge).
-phrases
"among the giant fossils of my past" [E. B. Browning]; craignez tout d'un auteur en courroux; "for authors nobler palms remain" [Pope]; "I lived to write and wrote to live" [Rogers]; "look in thy heart and write" [Sidney]; "there is no Past so long as Books shall live" [Bulwer Lytton); "the public mind is the creation of the Master-Writers" [Disraeli]; "volumes
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