custodynoun [ U ]
uk/ˈkʌs.tə.di/us/ˈkʌs.tə.di/custody noun [ U ] (CARE)
C2 the legal right or duty to care for someone or something, especially a child after its parents have separated or died:
The court awarded/granted/gave custody of the child to the father.
The mother got/received custody of the child.
The parents were given joint custody.
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Parenting & caring for children
- adopt
- adopted
- adoption
- adoptive
- attachment parenting
- bring sb up
- child-rearing
- childless
- childminder
- counsellor
- custodial
- nursemaid
- nursery nurse
- nurture
- one-parent family
- open adoption
- pediatrician
- upbringing
- visitation
- wean
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custody noun [ U ] (PRISON)
C2 the state of being kept in prison, especially while waiting to go to court for trial:
The suspect is now in custody.
UK You will be remanded in custody until your trial.
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Putting people in prison
- at His/Her Majesty's pleasure idiom
- bang
- bang sb up
- bar
- behind bars idiom
- bird
- hold
- imprison
- incarcerate
- internment
- jail
- lag
- lock
- pen
- restraint
- rot
- rot in jail, prison, etc. idiom
- send
- send sb down
- serve
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