custody synonyms

custody

n.

  1. Protection

    care, guardianship, supervision, keeping, safekeeping, charge, watch, trusteeship, superintendence, tutelage, wardship, auspices, aegis, safeguard, ward; see also administration 1.

  2. Detention

    jail, keeping, confinement; see arrest 1, imprisonment 1.

take into custody

capture, apprehend, seize; see arrest 1.

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