protective custody
Example Sentences
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He narrowly escaped and was placed under protective custody.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
Now he’d be sent to the hospital, stitched up, placed in protective custody, and sent to another prison.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2025
Mr De Wet will be taken into protective custody until the end of the trial.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2025
Mills wants to change state law to allow law enforcement to go directly to a judge to seek a protective custody warrant to take a dangerous person into custody to remove weapons.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
Helmuth tells them what Hugo had said, that Brother Worbs was denounced by someone who heard him criticize the Nazis, and now he was taken into protective custody.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
