Detain
11detain — ► VERB 1) keep from proceeding; delay. 2) keep in official custody. DERIVATIVES detainer noun detainment noun. ORIGIN Latin detinere keep back …
12detain — verb ADVERB ▪ briefly ▪ He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group. ▪ indefinitely ▪ Prisoners cannot be detained indefinitely without charge. ▪ illegally …
13detain — [[t]dɪte͟ɪn[/t]] detains, detaining, detained 1) VERB When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control. [FORMAL] [V n] The act allows police to detain a suspect for up to 48 hours... [V n] He was… …
14detain — 01. A suspect is being [detained] by police for questioning in the murder of a local woman. 02. I m sorry to [detain] you; I just want to ask you a couple of questions. 03. We were late for the meeting because we were [detained] by heavy traffic …
15detain — UK [dɪˈteɪn] / US verb [transitive] Word forms detain : present tense I/you/we/they detain he/she/it detains present participle detaining past tense detained past participle detained 1) to keep someone in a police station or prison and not allow… …
16detain — verb (T) 1 to officially prevent someone from leaving a place: Police detained the terrorists. 2 to delay someone who wants to leave, by talking to them, asking them to do something etc: I want a quick word, but I won t detain you long …
17detain — verb 1) they were detained for questioning Syn: hold, take into custody, take (in), confine, imprison, lock up, put in jail, intern; arrest, apprehend, seize; informal pick up, run in, haul in, nab, collar Ant …
18detain — verb 1) they were detained for questioning Syn: hold, take into custody, confine, imprison, intern, arrest, apprehend, seize; informal pick up; Brit.; informal nick 2) don t let me detain you Syn …
19detain — To hold; to keep in custody; to keep. To detain goods as amounting to a conversion of them means wrongfully to hold them and keep them in one s custody. Wails v Farrington, 27 Okla 754, 116 P 428 …
20Détain-et-Bruant — Détain et Bruant …
