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custody

noun as in confinement, jailing

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The pair have been charged with dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage and remain in custody.

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Officers asked the group to disperse and multiple people were taken into custody after declining to do so, police said.

There was no bail application and he was remanded in custody to appear again in person at Derry courthouse on 18 December.

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The suspect, an Afghan national, is in custody.

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He is currently in custody and receiving medical treatment.

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

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