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taken into custody

ADJECTIVE
booked
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The former SNP leader attended a police interview by prior arrangement, was taken into custody, questioned by detectives and released without charge seven hours later.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

He turned himself in after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border at Nogales and was taken into custody by the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The suspect, identified as Osvaldo Del Rio, was taken into custody around 2 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

And they learned that Yasser Lopez, a classmate, had been stopped in a car with three friends on the way to a soccer game and taken into custody.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026

Mary’s twenty-two-year-old daughter, Anna, is also taken into custody.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly




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