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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121. After a standoff, they took Deily into custody and questioned him Wednesday night.
122. I have come to this unhappy conclusion after having the electronic creature in my custody for five months.
123. No bail application was made and Ashworth was remanded in custody until June 21.
124. Simpson recently won full custody of the children from the Browns after a bitter court battle.
125. Let us think rather of a twin track approach, in which custody is reserved for those who commit serious offences.
126. If so the alleged offender may be held in custody to await trial.
127. Knight said officials could be convicted under the law only if they assaulted some one who was in their actual custody.
128. Three suspects were taken into custody and police were questioning them Friday morning.
129. As soon as the plane landed, they were taken into custody by waiting FBI men.
130. After the breakup the parents were awarded joint custody and Tom resided for part of the week with each.
131. They were charged with burglary and the theft of a Ford Sierra Cosworth, and remanded in custody for seven days.
132. On all sides of the debate, experts agree that children have already lost as soon as a custody battle begins.
133. Waltman's wife had been granted temporary custody of their child after her husband's arrest.
134. Indeed, many would not be sentenced to custody on conviction.
135. They were given joint custody of Emma and Lucy, with Gabrielle having care and control.
136. Would she have to face him across a court and wrangle with him in public over custody of Kirsty?
137. The long-awaited report has been a key part of the couple's bitter custody battle.
138. Thirty-year-old Jitendra Jotangia was remanded in custody by Milton Keynes magistrates until later this month.
139. I assume that in each case time in custody before trial is counted as part of the period before the first review.
140. He was remanded in custody last Tuesday and will make a fresh bail application tomorrow.
141. He may be returned to Texas this week,(sentencedict.com) but he will remain in the custody of federal officers.
142. They were in the custody of the court beadle who lived some distance away.
143. I learnt from Otto before I left that Ahmed had been taken into custody prior to being deported.
144. Defence lawyers claimed that several injured defendants had been denied medical attention and that many others had been tortured while in custody.
145. He was remanded in custody for three and a half weeks.
146. A man has been arrested in connection with the murder and is being held in police custody.
147. Halil Guzel was taken into overnight custody by the regular police at Istanbul airport when he landed on Thursday.
148. Inspectors were concerned that prisons are not told when defendants brought to court in custody were released on bail.
149. There was no application for bail, and Mr Probyn was remanded in custody for a week.
150. They, together with the custody of the young earl, were given to the dowager countess and so remained under Herbert control.
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.