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take into custody

verb as in put under arrest

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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.

District Judge Alia Moses, a George W. Bush appointee, eventually ruled in favor of the Biden administration, saying Border Patrol agents didn’t violate any laws by cutting the wire to take into custody people crossing the river illegally.

From Salon

Sayler A. Fleming, a U.S. attorney, said in a statement that the sentencing on Wednesday should “reinforce that those who work in the fugitive recovery industry must comply with state and local laws and regulations and treat those they take into custody with decency.”

A lot of the people that we take into custody, they’re probably getting the best healthcare they may have ever received in their entire life while they’re with us, which means that rarely does somebody go see a doctor.

On Lync, the bureau’s internal chat system, she said she felt sorry for the man she had helped take into custody.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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