Custody means The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like detention or keeping.
Custody in a sentence
Custody meaning
- The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
- Temporary possession or care of somebody else's property.
- The state of being imprisoned or detained, usually pending a trial.
Synonyms of Custody
Example sentences (20)
A 25-year-old man from St Helens who has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender remains in custody.
According to the Killaloe Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Trey Gagnon, 18, is now in custody.
A father of two made an impassioned plea to be released from custody, saying that his being in lock-ups is "terrible".
A court in Pune remanded the two accused to the custody of the Pune city police till July 25 for investigation.
A 56-year-old male is in custody on suspicion of attempted murder and the victim is in a critical condition.
A 66-year-old man from Dudley and a 33-year-old man from Milton Keynes are now in custody being questioned.
All three children were taken into custody by Child Protective Services, according to the sheriff’s office.
A 27-year-old man was taken into custody by officers without incident approximately 100m away and a crime scene was declared.
A juvenile family member was taken into custody and was charged with delinquency by felonious assault, the LPD statement said.
A judge wrote a heart-breaking letter to brothers stuck in the middle of their parents’ custody battle.
A director of a Kentucky child care center is in custody after being accused of raping a four-year-old girl in his office in May.
A driver has been taken into custody after police located a stolen car driving at excesses of 100mph.
A crime scene was established, with a man aged in his 30s taken into police custody for questioning.
Alam allegedly escaped from police custody when they were being taken for a house search in Kondhwa.
A female was previously released from police custody on a Form 10 Undertaking with conditions not to communicate with an individual.
A 39-year-old man from Liverpool remains in police custody where he will be questioned by police.
AB 957 originally proposed that courts deciding custody cases must consider whether each parent affirmed the child’s gender identity.
After eventually taking Gray into custody, police said they found him in possession of marijuana.
After four days in police custody, Mr. El Ghadi was placed in pre-trial detention on December 29.
AAP MLAs and supporters protest near Rouse Avenue Court against CBI custody of Manish Sisodia.
Phrases with custody
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with custody
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in custody 69×
- into custody 37×
- custody of 28×
- police custody 26×
- custody and 18×
- the custody 16×
- custody after 16×
- custody in 15×
- custody for 12×
- custody on 10×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word custody. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.