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custody
[ kuhs-tuh-dee ]
noun
- keeping; guardianship; care.
Synonyms: , ,
- the keeping or charge of officers of the law:
The car was held in the custody of the police.
- imprisonment; legal restraint:
He was taken into custody.
- Also called child custody. Law. the right of determining the residence, protection, care, and education of a minor child or children, especially in a divorce or separation. Compare joint custody, sole custody.
custody
/ ˈkʌstədɪ; kʌˈstəʊdɪəl /
noun
- the act of keeping safe or guarding, esp the right of guardianship of a minor
- the state of being held by the police; arrest (esp in the phrases in custody, take into custody )
Derived Forms
- custodial, adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of custody1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
US lawyers have argued that the government is powerless to reverse the deportation because Mr Garcia is now in Salvadoran custody.
A court later heard that, unbeknown to them, they were recorded as they sat in the back of a police car on the way to the custody suite.
When Fileto got custody of her three grandchildren last year, she said they were so malnourished that their bones were showing.
Just days after a relative posted Sun’s $25,000 bond, releasing him from custody, authorities lost track of him and issued a warrant for his arrest.
Atlanta prosecutors on Wednesday filed a motion requesting a judge revoke the “Pushin P†artist’s probation and remand him into custody “without delay.â€
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