etw. / jdn in Verwahrung nehmen

to take into safekeeping/custody

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Noun

Verwahrung f.

Verb

nehmen

Topic

Recht und Politik

In a sentence

Der Notar nimmt das Testament in sichere Verwahrung.

How it is used

Means 'to take into safekeeping/custody' – core is securing an item or detaining a person. Register: formal (legal/police). Use when a police officer seizes evidence at a crime scene. Note: for people, it implies arrest.

Other verbs that go with Verwahrung

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• etw. in Verwahrung gebento give something into safekeeping

All collocations with Verwahrung

Other collocations built on nehmen

• Abschied nehmen von+Dat.to bid farewell to
• seinen Abschied nehmento take one's leave
• Abstand nehmen von+Dat.to distance oneself from something
• sich in Acht nehmen vor+Dat.to be careful/watch out for a danger
• einen Anfang nehmento get under way
• etw. / jdn. in Anspruch nehmento use/claim something
• etw. in Angriff nehmento tackle/start something energetically
• Anstoß nehmen an+Dat.to take offense at something