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hold in custody

VERB
imprison
Synonyms
STRONGEST
apprehend commit detain hold incarcerate jail lock up remand
STRONG
cage check circumscribe closet constrain curb ice immure impound intern keep limit nab occlude pen restrain stockade trammel
WEAK
bastille bottle up fence in hold captive hold hostage keep captive keep in custody lock in put away put behind bars rail in send to prison send up shut in take prisoner
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cease free let go liberate release stop
STRONG
aid allow assist help permit

Example Sentences

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Alternatives to Detention program, which is supposed to monitor noncitizens who are facing deportation cases but whom the government decided it doesn’t want to hold in custody.

From Washington Times • Dec. 8, 2022

The bill also sets out police powers to arrest, hold in custody and question suspects.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2015

But the power to hold in custody is utterly nugatory, if there be no power to take into custody.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various

The messenger I hold in custody Until to-morrow night.

From Turandot, Princess of China A Chinoiserie in Three Acts by Bithell, Jethro