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English noun: taking into custody

1. taking into custody (act) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)


SamplesThe policeman on the beat got credit for the collar.


Synonymsapprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch


Broader (hypernym)capture, gaining control, seizure









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