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
He pointed to a provision adopted by Congress in 1996 that said federal authorities “shall take into custody any alien” with an “aggravated felony” in their past.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2022
It said federal authorities “shall take into custody any alien” convicted of certain crimes, some serious and some minor, “when the alien is released.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2019
It says the attorney general “shall take into custody any alien” who has committed certain offenses “when the alien is released” from state or local custody.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2019
At sunset the watchmen are stationed in all parts of the town, and take into custody all suspected or unknown persons.
From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by James Grey Jackson
