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🚔detain

verb
/dɪˈteɪn/
detailed detect

Meaning

to keep someone from proceeding; to hold back, especially by official authority

Example Sentences

The police detained the suspect for questioning.

Example Expressions

detained in custody

Synonyms

arrest, hold, confine, apprehend

Antonyms

release, free, liberate

Collocations

detain a suspect, detain for questioning, unlawfully detained

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