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Collocations for custody - noun

1. legal right/duty to take care of sb/sth

ADJ.

child
a bitter child custody dispute
joint, sole | safe
If valuables are placed in the safe, the hotel is responsible for their safe custody.

VERB + CUSTODY

ask for, claim, demand, fight for, seek | award sb, give sb, grant sb
The parents were given joint custody of the two children.
gain, get | have

CUSTODY + NOUN

battle, dispute | hearing

PREP.

~ of

2. being guarded/kept in prison

ADJ.

military, police
The man died while in police custody.
protective
The opposition leader has been taken into protective custody.

VERB + CUSTODY

be remanded in, be taken into
A man has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of an eight-year-old girl.
be held in, be kept in, be/remain in | escape from | be released from

PREP.

in ~
She will remain in custody while reports are prepared about her mental condition.
out of ~
trying to keep young people out of custody

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