custody
Từ điển Collocation
custody noun
1 legal right/duty to take care of sb/sth
ADJ. child a bitter child custody dispute | joint, sole | safe If valuables are placed in the safe, the hotel is responsible for their safe custody.
VERB + CUSTODY ask for, claim, demand, fight for, seek | award sb, give sb, grant sb The parents were given joint custody of the two children. | gain, get | have
CUSTODY + NOUN battle, dispute | hearing
PREP. ~ of
2 being guarded/kept in prison
ADJ. military, police The man died while in police custody. | protective The opposition leader has been taken into protective custody.
VERB + CUSTODY be remanded in, be taken into A man has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of an eight-year-old girl. | be held in, be kept in, be/remain in | escape from | be released from
PREP. in ~ She will remain in custody while reports are prepared about her mental condition. | out of ~ trying to keep young people out of custody
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time); detention, detainment, hold
his detention was politically motivated
the prisoner is on hold
he is in the custody of police
- holding by the police
the suspect is in custody
- (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child; hands
my fate is in your hands
too much power in the president's hands
your guests are now in my custody
the mother was awarded custody of the children
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
custodies
syn.: detainment detention hands hold