into custody

  • 1take into custody — index apprehend (arrest), arrest (apprehend), book, capture, confine, constrain (imprison) …

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  • 2bring into custody — index imprison Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3deliver into custody — index commit (institutionalize) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4handing over into custody — index commitment (confinement) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 5remanded into custody — index arrested (apprehended) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 6taken into custody — index arrested (apprehended) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 7custody — [kus′tə dē] n. pl. custodies [ME custodie < L custodia < custos, a guard, keeper < IE * (s)keudh < base * (s)keus , to cover > SKY] 1. a guarding or keeping safe; care; protection; guardianship 2. the right of having one s children …

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  • 8custody — [[t]kʌ̱stədi[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT: oft N of n Custody is the legal right to keep and look after a child, especially the right given to a child s mother or father when they get divorced. I m going to go to court to get custody of the children...… …

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  • 9custody — n. guardianship 1) to award, grant custody 2) to receive, take custody 3) joint custody arrest 4) to take smb. into custody 5) police; protective custody 6) in custody ( under arrest ) (held in custody) * * * [ kʌstədɪ] grant custody protective… …

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  • 10custody — The safekeeping (and often settlement) of investments introduced as a category of investment business under the Financial Services Act 1986 in June 1997. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein financial glossary * * * custody cus‧to‧dy [ˈkʌstədi] noun… …

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