in custody

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in custody (of someone or something) and in someone's or something's custody

being kept guarded by legal authorities. The suspect was in the sheriff's custody awaiting a trial. The prisoner is in the custody of the state. The police have two suspects in custody.

See also: custody

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A LAWYER in whom an instinct of justice had survived the wreck of his ignorance of law was retained for the defence of a burglar whom the police had taken after a desperate struggle with someone not in custody. Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context That, the man sitting as President had then informed Doctor Manette that the prisoner must remain in custody, but should, for his sake, be held inviolate in safe custody. A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context Those whom she sentenced were taken into custody by the soldiers, who of course had to leave off being arches to do this, so that by the end of half an hour or so there were no arches left, and all the players, except the King, the Queen, and Alice, were in custody and under sentence of execution. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Carroll, Lewis View in context			in care of in case in case of in character in charge in charge (of in check in chorus in close quarters in clover in clutches in cold blood in cold storage in concert in conclusion in condition in confidence in connection with in consequence in consideration of in contact in contempt in control of in corner in cups in custody in debt in deep in deep shit in deep water in defiance in demand in denial in depth in detail in dire straits in disguise in dispute in drag in dribs and drabs in droves in due course in due time in Dutch in earnest in eclipse in effect in element in else's shoes in essence in evidence			in corner in corner in corner in correspondence with the contract In Corruption We Trust In counsel In countenance in country in country in country In Country Movement of Patients In Country Support In Country Vets Motorcycle Club In Country Warehouse in course in course in course in course in creation In criminalibus In cuerpo in cups in cups in cups in cups in cups in cups in current use In custodia legis in custodiam dare in custody in d. In Da Butt In Da Kitchen in danger In Danger of Collapse In Dark Decorum Radio in darkness in darkness In Debt In Debt in decadence In Decay in decline In deed In Deep in deep shit In Deep Stuff in deep water in deep water in deep water in deep water in deep water in deep waters in deep waters in deep waters in deep waters in default in default of in default of in default of

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