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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61. A mother yesterday won a tug-of-love battle for custody of her twin daughters.
62. After the riot, 32 people were taken into police custody.
63. The couple are locked in a bitter battle for custody of the children.
64. She will remain in custody while reports are prepared about her mental condition.
65. He was remanded in custody until 28 June by Bow Street Magistrates.
66. A man is being held in police custody in connection with the murder.
67. He is currently locked in a bitter wrangle with his wife over custody of the children.
68. He said the police assaulted him while he was in custody, a claim which the police deny.
69. The parents were given joint custody of the two children.
70. I'm going to go to court to get custody of the children.
71. After his divorce the father was given custody of the children.
72. According to informed sources, those taken into custody include at least one major-general.
73. The collection of art books is now in the custody of the university.
74. The legal battle was over who should have custody of the child.
75. Police are investigating the death of a man in custody.
76. They are now locked in a bitter custody battle over the three children.
77. A man has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of an eight-year-old girl.
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78. The judge ruled that she should have custody of the children.
79. It is usually the mother who is awarded custody .
80. I am a defendant now, in his special custody.
81. Several claimed to have been tortured whilst in custody.
82. There is emotional blackmail over custody of the daughter.
83. The second suspect was taken into custody.
84. Magistrates remanded Wilson in custody for a week.
85. He was remanded in custody until the February assizes.
86. He was sentenced to eight years in youth custody.
87. She had custody of their three-year-old son Scott.
88. We got joint custody of the children.
89. He was remanded in custody for seven days.
90. In January Lumumba passed into the custody of Tshombe.
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