protective custody

English - Turkish

Definition of protective custody in English Turkish dictionary

koruyucu gözaltı

(Kanun) İhtiyadi olarak gözetim altında bulundurulma

ihtiyati tutuklama

English - English

Definition of protective custody in English English dictionary

(Kanun) A safe place, sometimes prison, where someone is kept by the police for their own safety

imprisonment of a person for his protection

If a witness in a court case is being held in protective custody, they are being kept in prison in order to prevent them from being harmed. They might be doing me a good turn if they took me into protective custody. a situation in which the police make you stay somewhere to protect you from people who could harm you in/into protective custody

Hyphenation

pro·tec·tive cus·to·dy

Turkish pronunciation

prıtektîv kʌstıdi

Pronunciation

/prəˈtektəv ˈkəstədē/ /prəˈtɛktɪv ˈkʌstədiː/