protective custody
Lawful confinement of a person or close supervision of his or her movements, on a…Lawful confinement of a person or close supervision of his or her movements, on a voluntary or involuntary basis, by authorities in order to safeguard that person from attack or other dangers.
» Tom has been taken into protective custody.
Tom wurde in Schutzhaft genommen.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)Lawful confinement of a person or close supervision of his or her movements, on a voluntary or involuntary basis, by authorities in order to safeguard that person from attack or other dangers.
(uncountable)The custody that CPS sometimes takes of children when those children are being abused or neglected and no other corrective action is successful or feasible.
Examples
4 sentencesTom has been taken into protective custody.
deTom wurde in Schutzhaft genommen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom is in protective custody.
deTom befindet sich in Schutzhaft. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
They've taken Tom into protective custody.
I can ask for protective custody.
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable