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detain
[dih-teyn]
verb (used with object)
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
Synonyms: , , , , ,to keep under restraint or in custody.
Obsolete.to keep back or withhold, as from a person.
detain
/ ˌdiːteɪˈniː, dɪˈteɪn /
verb
to delay; hold back; stop
to confine or hold in custody; restrain
archaicto retain or withhold
Other 51Թ Forms
- detainable adjective
- detainment noun
- predetain verb (used with object)
- undetainable adjective
- undetained adjective
- ˈٲԳԳ noun
- ˈٲԲ adjective
- detainee noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of detain1
Example Sentences
After nine straight days of immigration raids, several hundred immigrants have so far been detained around Los Angeles — a small drop of the more than 11 million in the U.S.
While ICE “was not able to detain as many people as Defendants believe it could have,” it was still able to uphold U.S. immigration law without the military’s help, Breyer ruled.
Teenagers Emmanuel Segura and Jessy Villa said they have spent hours over the past week scrolling through social media and despairing at the seemingly endless stream of videos of people being aggressively detained.
Service Employees International Union California President David Huerta was injured and detained while documenting an immigration enforcement raid in downtown L.A. last week.
Padilla told the New York Times that he was being detained in the hallway “when of all people, Corey Lewandowski ... comes running down the hall and he starts yelling, ‘Let him go!
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