Custody — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

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

holding by the police

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dˈaɪleɪtˌɪdli/

🇬🇧British English

/kˈʌstədi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kˈʌstədi/

3 syllables Say it as /dˈaɪleɪtˌɪdli/.

Examples

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

hold detainment hands detention

Parts of Speech

noun	a state of being confined (usually for a short time) “his detention was politically motivated”
noun	holding by the police “the suspect is in custody”
noun	(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”

Word Forms

detain	verb	deprive of freedom; take into confinement
hold	verb	to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
custodial	adjective	providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Gewahrsam

ein Zustand der Gefangenschaft (normalerweise für kurze Zeit)

🇫🇷French

garde à vue

un état de confinement (généralement pour une courte période)

🇪🇸Spanish

custodia

un estado de confinamiento (generalmente por un corto tiempo)

🇮🇹Italian

custodia

uno stato di confinamento (di solito per un breve periodo)

🇳🇱Dutch

voogdij

een toestand van opsluiting (meestal voor een korte tijd)

🇵🇹Portuguese

custódia

um estado de confinamento (geralmente por um curto período de tempo)

🇷🇺Russian

попечение

состояние ограниченности (обычно на короткое время)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

हिरासत

सीमित होने की अवस्था (आमतौर पर थोड़े समय के लिए)

🇧🇩Bengali

হেফাজত

সীমাবদ্ধ থাকার অবস্থা (সাধারণত অল্প সময়ের জন্য)

🇮🇳Tamil

காவலில்

கட்டுப்படுத்தப்பட்ட நிலை (பொதுவாக ஒரு குறுகிய காலத்திற்கு)

🇮🇳Telugu

అదుపు

పరిమితం చేయబడిన స్థితి (సాధారణంగా తక్కువ సమయం వరకు)

🇮🇳Marathi

ताब्यात

बंदिस्त राहण्याची स्थिती (सामान्यतः थोड्या काळासाठी)

🇮🇳Gujarati

કસ્ટડી

મર્યાદિત રહેવાની સ્થિતિ (સામાન્ય રીતે ટૂંકા સમય માટે)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪಾಲನೆ

ಸೀಮಿತವಾಗಿರುವ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ (ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಅಲ್ಪಾವಧಿಗೆ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

കസ്റ്റഡി

പരിമിതപ്പെടുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്ന അവസ്ഥ (സാധാരണയായി കുറച്ച് സമയത്തേക്ക്)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਹਿਰਾਸਤ

ਸੀਮਤ ਹੋਣ ਦੀ ਸਥਿਤੀ (ਆਮ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਥੋੜੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਲਈ)

🇵🇰Urdu

حراست

قید رہنے کی حالت (عام طور پر تھوڑے وقت کے لیے)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

保管

一种被限制的状态（通常是很短的时间）

🇯🇵Japanese

監護権

閉じ込められた状態（通常は短期間）

🇰🇷Korean

보관

제한된 상태(보통 짧은 시간 동안)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

quyền giám hộ

một trạng thái bị giam cầm (thường là trong một thời gian ngắn)

🇹🇭Thai

การดูแล

สถานะของการถูกกักขัง (โดยปกติจะเป็นช่วงเวลาสั้น ๆ )

🇮🇩Indonesian

hak asuh

keadaan terkurung (biasanya untuk waktu yang singkat)

🇵🇭Filipino

pag-iingat

isang estado ng pagiging nakakulong (karaniwan ay sa maikling panahon)

🇲🇾Malay

jagaan

keadaan terkurung (biasanya untuk masa yang singkat)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

كفالة

حالة من الحبس (عادة لفترة قصيرة)

🇮🇷Persian

حضانت

حالت محبوس بودن (معمولاً برای مدت کوتاهی)

🇹🇷Turkish

velayet

sınırlı kalma durumu (genellikle kısa bir süre için)

🇮🇱Hebrew

מִשׁמוֹרֶת

מצב של מרותק (בדרך כלל לזמן קצר)

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