All protective custody synonyms

noun protective custody

• nab — to arrest or capture.
• jailing — a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
• glom — to steal.
• mitt — Baseball. a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers. a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
• grab — to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
• gaoling — Present participle of gaol.
• mitts — Baseball. a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers. a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
• crimp — If you crimp something such as a piece of fabric or pastry, you make small folds in it.
• arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
• house arrest — confinement of an arrested person to his or her residence or to a public place, as a hospital, instead of in a jail: He was under house arrest until the day of his trial.
• gaff — harsh treatment or criticism: All the gaff he took never made him bitter.