pick up

(verb)

take into custody

All clip examples

• An hour ago we picked her up at the depot when she tried to cash the ticket. (The Strange Love of Martha Ivers)
• Where was he picked up? Riverside Drive. (Scarlet Street)
• Then one day they picked up a guy who stuck up a garage or something. (The Strange Love of Martha Ivers)
• If I hadn't told the cop to go in the wrong direction he'd have picked you up. (Scarlet Street)
• I wasn't anything more than a kid when Dad picked me up. (One-Eyed Jacks)