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protective custody

noun

  1. detention of a person by the police solely as protection against a possible attack or reprisal by someone.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of protective custody1

First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences

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The girl was temporarily taken into protective custody until she was reunited with her family.

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While in prison, Saldívar has faced numerous threats for killing the beloved singer, prompting her to be held in protective custody and spend most of her time alone in her cell.

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A Superior Court judge ordered Ethan into protective custody, and the Italian consulate alerted Ciampa.

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The commission, which also asked to hear from an official from the Army Reserve Psychological Health Program on Thursday, issued an interim report in March saying law enforcement should have seized Card’s guns and put him in protective custody based on these warnings, using the existing yellow flag law.

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The state’s yellow flag law differs by putting police in the lead of the process, but the law was updated to allow police to ask a judge for a warrant to take someone into protective custody.

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