Detain
31detain — verb a) Keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention. b) To put under custody …
32detain — Synonyms and related words: apprehend, arrest, backpedal, backwater, block, bog down, bottle up, box up, brake, bust, buttonhole, cage, check, clip the wings, cloister, confine, constrain, coop, coop in, coop up, cork up, countercheck, crib, curb …
33detain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. delay, check, hold back; hold in custody; keep, retain. See hindrance, restraint. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. hold back, keep, inhibit, confine; see arrest 1 , delay 1 , restrain 1 . III (Roget s 3… …
34detain — de|tain [dıˈteın] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: detenir, from Latin detinere, from tenere to hold ] 1.) to officially prevent someone from leaving a place ▪ Two suspects have been detained by the police for questioning . ▪ She was …
35detain — de|tain [ dı teın ] verb transitive 1. ) to keep someone in a POLICE STATION or prison and not allow them to leave: A 29 year old man was detained for questioning. a ) to keep someone in hospital because they are too sick to leave: Nine people… …
36detain — de·tain || dɪ teɪn v. arrest, delay, confine …
37detain — to imprison for political purposes Each of us is detained when our train is held up at a signal: ... they were stoned and scourged and imprisoned or detained , as the authorities called it. (Seymour, 1977) …
38detain — verb 1》 keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention. 2》 keep (someone) in official custody. Derivatives detainment noun Origin ME (in the sense be afflicted with sickness or infirmity ): from OFr.… …
39detain — v. a. 1. Restrain, stay, check, delay, retain, stop, keep back. 2. Confine, hold or keep in custody …
40detain — v 1. retard, slow, stay, buttonhole, check, delay, hinder; impede, inhibit, keep back, withhold. 2. stop, arrest, Inf. collar, retain, restrain, confine, secure, lock up, incarcerate, imprison, impound; pen, coop up, put behind bars, immure …
