Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Lyhenteet ja supistumat
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| suomi | säilöönotto |
Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- (law enforcement) 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.
Esimerkit
- A so‐called star witness in the Brooklyn grand jury inquiry of alleged links between the police and gamblers sought unsuccessfully yesterday to free himself from protective custody.
- The government has earmarked a paltry $1.2 million . . . , not enough to properly fund even the state-run counseling centers—the only institutions with the authority to put battered children into protective custody.
- Authorities charged a man today with 'arson causing death' after a week of devasting fires that killed a total of more than 180 people in Australia, and whisked him into protective custody to guard him from public fury.