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TAKING INTO CUSTODY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does taking into custody mean?
• TAKING INTO CUSTODY (noun)
The noun TAKING INTO CUSTODY has 1 sense:
1. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
Familiarity information: TAKING INTO CUSTODY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
apprehension; arrest; catch; collar; pinch; taking into custody
Context example:
the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar
Hypernyms ("taking into custody" is a kind of...):
capture; gaining control; seizure (the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property)
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