Synonyms for custody
ˈkʌs tə dicus·tody

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1. custody

   Bonds may be of cord, leather, or any other substance that can bind; chains are of linked metal. Manacles and handcuffs are for the hands, fetters are primarily chains or jointed iron fastenings for the feet; gyves may be for either. A shackle is a metallic ring, clasp, or bracelet-like fastening for encircling and restraining a limb: commonly one of a pair, used either for hands or feet. Bonds, fetters, and chains are used in a general way for almost any form of restraint. Gyves is now wholly poetic, and the other words are mostly restricted to the literary style; handcuffs is the specific and irons the general term in popular usage; as, the prisoner was put in irons. Bonds, chains, and shackles are frequently used in the metaphorical sense.

   Synonyms:
   bondage, bonds, chains, durance, duress, fetter, gyves, handcuffs, imprisonment, irons, manacles, shackles

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1. custody

   Synonyms:
   keeping, guardianship, conservation, care

   Antonyms:
   neglect, betrayal, exposure, abandonment, desertion, liberation, jeopardy, discharge

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1. detention, detainment, hold, custodynoun

   a state of being confined (usually for a short time)

   "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police"

   Synonyms:
   clutch, grip, storage area, delay, keep, cargo hold, detainment, handle, hold, appreciation, handgrip, wait, cargo area, detention, postponement, clasp, cargo deck, clench, clutches, grasp, time lag, hands

2. custodynoun

   holding by the police

   "the suspect is in custody"

   Synonyms:
   detainment, hands, detention, hold

3. hands, custodynoun

   (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

   "my fate is in your hands"; "too much power in the president's hands"; "your guests are now in my custody"; "the mother was awarded custody of the children"

   Synonyms:
   detention, work force, detainment, workforce, hands, manpower, men, hold

Matched Categories

1. • Confinement
   • Imprisonment

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1. custodynoun

   Synonyms:
   keeping, care, watch guardianship, protection, safekeeping

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1. custodynoun

   Synonyms:
   safe-keeping, care, imprisonment

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1. List of paraphrases for "custody":

   detention, guard, guardianship, remand, custodian, custodial, arrest, safekeeping, custodianship, garde, prison, care, detained, imprisonment, guarding, keep, on-call, trusteeship, detainee, keeps, detainees, confinement, possession, quarter, childcare

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How to use custody in a sentence?

1. Crysta Abelseth:

   Once he found out about her, he pursued custody and wanted to take her away from me, they granted him 50/50 custody despite the fact that the child was caused by rape.

2. Daniel Boria:

   A police officer arrived and put two and two together and put me in custody.

3. Justin Anderson:

   It's not a question of ownership, it's about custody and control.

4. Steven Bertolino:

   As part of this return of property in FBI custody I was given Brian's notebook. I would like to share with the public the note that the FBI alluded to on January 21, 2022, that Brian Laundrie on Friday claimed responsibility for the death of Gabby Petito.

5. Former ICE official Thomas Feeley:

   CBP in the Rio Grande Valley is placing illegal aliens that have just arrived on ICE aircraft, keeping them in CBP custody, and shipping them to other cities still in CBP custody – and then being processed by ERO personnel who are being detailed and not doing their interior law enforcement duties, and then those illegal aliens are being released into the United States.