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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151. Among nine taken into custody were a weaver, sawyer, carpenter, brewer, blacksmith and several servants.
152. Her aim was to avenge the brutal treatment of comrades in police custody.
153. Moore was remanded in custody and Smyth was released on ￡200 bail.
154. She lives in my pocket so there's never been any hassle over who gets custody of her.
155. He had immediately surrendered himself after the shooting of the Santa Claus, anxious to be taken into custody.
156. Harper and Moore have joint custody of their six-year-old son.
157. Donald Murphy was remanded in custody on an assault charge by Teesside magistrates last Friday.
158. But that we are being held in protective custody in a special private clinic.
159. Better value for money would result from less use of custody for many classes of offender.
160. The nightmare ended when a High Court judge agreed to award permanent custody to them.
161. He was remanded in custody by Bow Street magistrates until May 11.
162. The Kashmiri police say he was taken into custody as a suspect, tortured and shot in cold blood.
163. Bailey, who had been free on bail, was taken into custody after the verdict Thursday.
164. Patricia Marsh, 23, of Ivyleigh, Liverpool, faces six charges and was remanded in custody until tomorrow.
165. Accordingly, the justice remanded Mr. Bell in custody until the following Monday.
166. Twenty three year old John Kitchin had just been remanded in custody on a burglary charge.
167. She also felt it would be an honour to have custody of the machine.
168. They are now locked in a bitter custody battle over their three children.
169. While in police custody he was beaten and died four days later.
170. We parents would hold these gifts in custody, and in time,(www.Sentencedict.com) would pass them on to our children.
171. She was remanded in custody by Worcester magistrates for seven days.
172. The Jana'ata, preoccupied with larger affairs, pressed no charges and released Sandoz to the custody of the Consortium.
173. The violence was intensified when a black held in custody on a minor charge was beaten by a crowd of whites.
174. Douras was remanded into police custody and is due to reappear before magistrates on July 7 for committal.
175. Lane has been convicted of attempted voluntary manslaughter and is in custody awaiting sentencing next month.
176. If all goes as planned, Autumn Jackson and Jose Medina are spending their last weekend in federal custody.
177. When I paid your bail you were released into my custody.
178. If you leave me, I'll get custody of the kids, because everyone knows you're sick.
179. Allen is involved in a bitter custody battle for his and Mia's three children.
180. He was taken to the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, but then discharged into police 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.