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
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
My directions are to take into custody a lady and gentleman travelling from Edinburgh in a specially-engaged compartment.
From Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various
