Usually means: Safeguarding individuals from potential harm.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. protective custody: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. protective custody: Merriam-Webster
  3. protective custody: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. protective custody: Collins English Dictionary
  5. protective custody: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. protective custody: Wiktionary
  7. protective custody: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. protective custody: Dictionary.com
  9. Protective custody: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. protective custody: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. protective custody: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. protective custody: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (protective custody)

noun:  (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.

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