Matthew Poole and continuators on Esther 2:8

8 So it came to pass, when the kings commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the kings house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

Or, taken, and that by force, as that word oft signifies: So great was the power and Tyranny of the Persian Kings, that they could and did take what persons they liked to their own use.