taking into custody

Definitions of taking into custody
  1. noun
    the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
    synonyms: apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch
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    type of:
    capture, gaining control, seizure
    the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
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