the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > having care or custody (of) [phrase] (11)
in charge (of) is used both actively and passively; e.g. to leave children in charge of a nurse, or a nurse in charge of the children. The latter…
Subcategories:
— excessively protective or solicitous (2)
— in the care or custody of (7)
— in condition of something put in another's care (1)