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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

• TAKING INTO CUSTODY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

arrest; taking into custody; apprehension; collar; pinch; catch

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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