HyperDic: taking_into_custody

English > 1 sense of the expression taking into custody:
NOUNacttaking into custody, apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinchthe act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
English > taking into custody: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningThe act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal).
Synonymsapprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch
Broadercapture, gaining control, seizureThe act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
Spanisharresto, detención
Catalanarrest, detenció

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