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Examples of detain
detain
Local authorities could then detain and interrogate them for breaking the rules.
From the theepochtimes.com
When the vehicle stopped, Coalition Forces moved to detain the four individuals.
From the smallwarsjournal.com
Scheer also reserved his decision on whether to detain Mohammad Abdul Salaam, 45.
From the freep.com
In the Assembly, however, the guiding principle has been delay, detain, derail.
From the sacbee.com
Prosecutors have asked a three-judge panel to formally detain the ex-president.
From the cnn.com
The Barnetts detain and turn over those they encounter to the U.S. Border Patrol.
From the buffalonews.com
A medium-security facility built in 1984 to detain 180 inmates, it now had 450.
From the guardian.co.uk
A state judge, after a closed court proceeding, refused to detain the youngsters.
From the time.com
Lahore's prison was used by the British to detain revolutionary freedom fighters.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Confine: deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- Stay: stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"
- Delay: cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
- (detainment) detention: a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police"
- Detention generally refers to a state or government holding a person in a particular area (generally called a detention centre), either for interrogation, or as punishment for a crime (see prison).
- Detained is the 20th episode (production #121) of the television series ''. It may be noteworthy for reuniting Scott Bakula with Dean Stockwell for the first time since the series Quantum Leap''.
- (Detained (film)) Detained is a 1924 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.
- Keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention; To put under custody
- (detained) the removal of a child by a social worker or police officer from someone legally entitled to the child's physical custody. [CRC 5.502(11).]
