custodialadjective
uk/kʌsˈtəʊ.di.əl/us/kʌsˈtoʊ.di.əl/specializedcustodial adjective (PRISON)
custodial sentence
UK a period of time that someone must stay in prison
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Putting people in prison
- at His/Her Majesty's pleasure idiom
- bang
- bang sb up
- bar
- behind bars idiom
- bird
- hold
- imprison
- incarcerate
- internment
- jail
- lag
- lock
- pen
- restraint
- rot
- rot in jail, prison, etc. idiom
- send
- send sb down
- serve
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custodial adjective (CARE)
relating to the legal right to care for someone or something, especially a child:
custodial care
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Parenting & caring for children
- adopt
- adopted
- adoption
- adoptive
- attachment parenting
- bring sb up
- child-rearing
- childless
- childminder
- counsellor
- custody
- nursemaid
- nursery nurse
- nurture
- one-parent family
- open adoption
- pediatrician
- upbringing
- visitation
- wean
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Opposite
non-custodial