detain (redirected from detains)

detain (Hold in custody), verb apprehend, arrest, commit, confine, contain, control, enthrall, guard, hold, hold captive, hold in check, hold in preventive cussody, hold in thrall, hold under duress, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, intern, isolate, jail, keep in custody, keep in detention, keep under arrest, keep under control, keep within bounds, lock up, mure, pen, place in durance, put under arrest, put under restraint, quarantine, remand, retain, secure, shut in, surround, take captive, take into cussody, take prisoner, trammel
Associated concepts: detained in custody, detained in jail

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detain (Restrain), verb arrest, bind, bound, chain, check, circumscribe, confine, constrain, contain, control, curb, delay, encumber, fetter, filibuster, forestall, gyve, halt, hamper, hinder, hold back, hold up, impede, inhibit, keep, keep back, keep under control, keep within bounds, lay under restraint, limit, manacle, obstruct, prevent, rein in, restrict, retinere, shackle, stall, stay, stop, suppress, tenere, trammel
Associated concepts: unlawfully detained

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See also: apprehend, arrest, balk, check, clog, confine, constrain, constrict, contain, curb, debar, defer, delay, halt, hinder, hold up, immure, impede, imprison, inhibit, jail, keep, preclude, prevent, restrain, retain, stall, stay, stop