Meaning of take sb in In English

• 0 to take care of someone and provide a place in your home for them:

  • Several families took in foreign students.

• 1 to cause someone to believe something that is not true, or to trick or deceive someone:

  • I can't believe she was taken in by him.

• 2 If the police take you in, they take you to the police station:

  • Detectives on the murder inquiry have taken in a new suspect for questioning.