take into custody
Example Sentences
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The bill would require immigration agents to take into custody people who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny or shoplifting.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2025
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
On Lync, the bureau’s internal chat system, she said she felt sorry for the man she had helped take into custody.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2023
The investigation remains ongoing, Hartsock said, and he wouldn’t specify how many of the suspects have been take into custody.
From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2023
If robberies are committed, the person robbed must apply to the chief of the district, who must find or take into custody the offender, or becomes himself liable to make compensation for the injury sustained.
From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by Jackson, James Grey
