taking into custody
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5.4
- noun
- Formal
:
detención
- Liberty did not indicate whether Smith had any drugs on him when taken into custody.
Examples
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He was arrested and taken into custody from New York City.
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Kenneth Boyd, 34, a local resident, was taken into custody late last night, for his involvement in the grisly slayings of 4 other Green Oaks residents.
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Police sources tell Channel Six news that a suspect is being taken into custody tonight.
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At least 12 other individuals were taken into custody by Dallas police.
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Any crew member attempting to do so will be arrested and taken into custody.
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The 20-year-old was arrested at the crime scene, and taken into custody by authorities.
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Just a few hours later, Vladek was taken into custody and jailed.
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The meeting ended in chaos, while the two protestors were taken into custody.
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The suspect Lawrence Smythe was taken into custody today at 1:00 PM after an attempt on the President's life.
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The police informed the public that a suspect was taken into custody after a lengthy pursuit.
Synonyms
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2.7
The act of detaining someone by the police
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7.7
An arrest of a person, often a criminal
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6.1
The capture of a person by the police
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6.7
Being held by police or officials for a short time
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7.7
The act of catching and arresting a criminal
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'detaining/arresting' is directly and predictably composed from 'taking' (the action of bringing), 'into' (movement toward/inside), and 'custody' (detention by authorities). This motion-into-state metaphor and the collocation 'take into custody' are common in English and cross-linguistically accessible, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would likely infer the overall meaning.
Etymology
Taking into custody gives a clear image: someone is taking a person into a place where they are held by the police, called custody. So it means 'to arrest' or 'to detain' someone.