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custodial

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cus·to·di·al  (k-std-l)
adj.
1. Of or relating to the work of guarding or maintaining: the custodial duties of a security guard.
2.
a. Having custody, especially of a child: "children whose custodial parent has remarried" American Demographics.
b. Of or relating to child custody: custodial households.
3. Marked by care and supervision rather than efforts to cure: custodial treatment of terminal patients.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.custodialcustodial - providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding; "daycare that is educational and not just custodial"; "a guardian angel"; "tutelary gods"
tutelar, tutelary
protective - intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind; "a protective covering"; "the use of protective masks and equipment"; "protective coatings"; "kept the drunken sailor in protective custody"; "animals with protective coloring"; "protective tariffs"
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custodial [kʌsˈtəudɪəl] adj custodial sentence → Gefängnisstrafe f


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Investigators assigned to conduct criminal investigations and custodial interrogations have the common goal of uncovering the truth.
Revealing incommunicado: electronic recording of police interrogations by Weidel, Brad R. / The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
I shared the library late shift with custodial workers who routinely passed by me picking up trash, sweeping, and vacuuming.
Division of labor by Lachelier, Paul / The Progressive
These exceptions were designed to allow banks to continue to execute securities transactions in connection with their normal trust, fiduciary, custodial, and other specified banking activities.
Comment letter issued on the SEC's proposed broker rules for banks by Federal Reserve Bulletin
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