Synonym: detainment, detention, hands, hold. Similar words: customer, body, bloody, today, a body of, to date, up to date, accuse. Meaning: ['kʌstədɪ] 
n. 1. a state of being confined (usually for a short time) 2. holding by the police 3. (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child.
n. 1. a state of being confined (usually for a short time) 2. holding by the police 3. (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child. 
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31. She was taken into custody later that day.
32. The accused was remanded in custody for a week.
33. The children were taken into protective custody .
34. He fought his wife for custody of the children.
35. She was taken into custody as a suspect.
36. The mother got/received custody .
37. She was held in custody pending trial.
38. The opposition leader has been taken into protective custody.
39. Child custody is normally granted to the mother.
40. The criminal was taken into custody by the police.
41. She's petitioning to regain custody of the child.
42. The couple will retain joint custody of their daughters.
43. The committee is looking at alternatives to custody.
44. He was released from custody the next day.
45. The families of people who die in custody are in a legal no-man's-land when they try to discover what went wrong.
46. Inevitably, when both parents have custody of the child, there's a lot of to-ing and fro-ing between them for the child concerned.
47. The young offender had to be remanded in custody for ten days.
48. There followed a long tussle for custody of the children.
49. The judge directed that the mother should be given custody of the children.
50. The judge directed that the mother be given custody of the children.
51. He was transferred to FBI custody in a smooth co-operative effort between Egyptian and US authorities.
52. Managers are responsible for the safe custody and retention of records.
53. Allen is fighting a bitter custody battle over his three children.
54. He was remanded in custody,(www.Sentencedict.com) charged with the murder of a policeman.
55. When he refused to give his name, he was taken into custody.
56. A man has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of a schoolgirl.
57. She can't be released from police custody until someone stands bail for her.
58. I was pressing my claim for custody of the child.
59. Three people appeared in court and two of them were remanded in custody.
60. Carter has been refused bail and will remain in custody.
More similar words: customer, body, bloody, today, a body of, to date, up to date, accuse, discuss, excuse me, have to do with, the accused, discussion, accusation, just, must, adjust, just as, just now, as to, stop, cluster, sustain, exhaust, justify, industry, story, stock, stove, just about.