custody

US: /ˈkəstədi/

UK: /kˈʌstədi/


English - Vietnamese dictionary

custody /'kʌstədi/
  • danh từ
    • sự coi sóc, sự chăm sóc, sự trông nom, sự canh giữ
      • to have the custody of someone: trông nom ai
      • the child is in the custody of his father: đứa con được sự trông nom của bố
      • to be in the custody of someone: dưới sự trông nom của ai
    • sự bắt giam, sự giam cầm
      • to be in custody: bị bắt giam
      • to take somebody into custody: bắt giữ ai
    • to give someone into custody
      • giao ai cho nhà chức trách

Advanced English dictionary

+ noun [U]
1 the legal right or duty to take care of or keep sb/sth; the act of taking care of sth/sb: Who will have custody of the children? + The divorce court awarded custody to the child's mother. + The parents were locked in a bitter battle for custody. + The bank provides safe custody for valuables. + The castle is now in the custody of the state.
2 the state of being in prison, especially while waiting for trial: After the riot, 32 people were taken into police custody. + (BrE) He was remanded in custody, charged with the murder of a policeman.
See also - YOUTH CUSTODY

Thesaurus dictionary

n.
1 care, custodianship, safe keeping, protection, charge, guardianship, keeping:
She was granted custody of the children.
2 imprisonment, detention, incarceration, confinement:
The police took three troublemakers into custody.

Collocation

1 legal right/duty to take care of sb/sth

ADJ.

child
a bitter child custody dispute
| joint, sole | safe
If valuables are placed in the safe, the hotel is responsible for their safe custody.

VERB + CUSTODY

ask for, claim, demand, fight for, seek | award sb, give sb, grant sb
The parents were given joint custody of the two children.
| gain, get | have

CUSTODY + NOUN

battle, dispute | hearing

PREP.

~ of

2 being guarded/kept in prison

ADJ.

military, police
The man died while in police custody.
| protective
The opposition leader has been taken into protective custody.

VERB + CUSTODY

be remanded in, be taken into
A man has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of an eight-year-old girl.
| be held in, be kept in, be/remain in | escape from | be released from

PREP.

in ~
She will remain in custody while reports are prepared about her mental condition.
| out of ~
trying to keep young people out of custody


Concise dictionary

custodies'kʌstədɪ
noun
+a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
+holding by the police
+(with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

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