put in the hands of

Soon after then, he was taken in a group by minibus to the coast and, finally, put in the hands of one of the Kurdish gangs that control the small boat crossings.

The funding - unveiled by then Prime Minister Rishi Sunak - was to be put "in the hands of local people" to regenerate their high streets.

“These systems were put in the hands of the most right wing, most racist minister that Israel ever had,” Yuli Novak told us.

They’re put in the hands of undertrained officers thrown into high-stress situations, causing them to routinely misuse them.

The Biden administration formally declared her case one of “wrongful detention,” meaning it was put in the hands of a State Department office authorized to bargain with foreign governments for an American citizen’s release.