保ほ護ご検けん束そく

noun

protective arrest; protective custody

Legal term for detaining someone for their own safety or to prevent harm, rather than as punishment.

• 警けい察さつはその酔よっ払ぱらいを保ほ護ご検けん束そくした。

  The police took the drunk person into protective custody.

• 保ほ護ご検けん束そくは、本ほん人にんや他た人にんへの危き険けんを防ふせぐための措そ置ちです。

  Protective arrest is a measure to prevent danger to the person or others.