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proˌtective ˈcustody noun [uncountableU] SCLa situation in which the police make you stay somewhere to protect you from people who could harm you 保护性拘留in/into protective custody The children were taken into protective custody. 孩子们受到保护性拘留。
protective custody• But that we are being held in protective custody in a special private clinic.
in/into protective custody• But that we are being held in protective custody in a special private clinic.