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
But it is not clear how many people ICE might choose to take into custody, and the agency did not immediately clarify.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2021
But it is not clear how many people Immigration and Customs Enforcement might choose to take into custody, and the agency did not immediately clarify.
From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2021
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
If burglars wore uniform, the police would be instructed to render them every assistance in their power, and to take into custody any householder attempting to interfere with them in the execution of their business.
From Diary of a Pilgrimage by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
