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Synonyms for detain
dɪˈteɪnde·tain
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
detain
The legal term arrest carries always the implication of a legal offense; this is true even of arresting for debt. But one may be detained by process of law when no offense is alleged against him, as in the case of a witness who is held in a house of detention till a case comes to trial. One may be restrained of his liberty without arrest, as in an insane asylum; an individual or corporation may be restrained by injunction from selling certain property. In case of an arrest, an officer may secure his prisoner by fetters, by a locked door, or other means effectually to prevent escape. Capture is commonly used of seizure by armed force; as, to capture a ship, a fort, etc. Compare HINDER; OBSTRUCT.
Synonyms:
apprehend, arrest, capture, catch, hold, make prisoner, restrain, secure, seize, stop, take into custody, take prisonerAntonyms:
discharge, dismiss, free, liberate, release, set freePreposition:
Arrested for crime, on suspicion, by the sheriff; on, upon, or by virtue of a warrant; on final process; in execution.
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Princeton's WordNet
confine, detainverb
deprive of freedom; take into confinement
Synonyms:
restrict, hold, bound, restrain, circumscribe, stay, throttle, hold in, hold up, confine, delay, limit, trammel, enclosestay, detain, delayverb
stop or halt
"Please stay the bloodshed!"
Synonyms:
quell, delay, bide, stick, stay, last out, confine, hold up, ride out, persist, check, rest, appease, remain, stick around, abide, retard, stay on, stay put, outride, continuedelay, detain, hold upverb
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"
Synonyms:
go, live, stick up, stay, last, delay, confine, hold up, hold out, hold, sustain, hold water, live on, support, check, retard, endure, stand up, withstand, defy, survive
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#123 | go | |
#126 | last | |
#148 | support | |
#272 | check | |
#461 | live | |
#656 | keep | |
#1001 | stay | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1056 | continue | |
#1275 | hold | |
#1300 | secure | |
#1547 | rest | |
#2110 | limit | |
#2590 | remain | |
#3387 | stick | |
#3403 | bound | |
#3446 | delay | |
#3635 | catch | |
#4006 | capture | |
#6616 | arrested | |
#7117 | survive | |
#7523 | arrest | |
#9424 | restrict | |
#10067 | detention | |
#11256 | sustain | |
#12106 | abide | |
#12269 | captures | |
#15872 | detained | |
#16419 | arrests | |
#16912 | throttle | |
#17899 | endure | |
#18031 | seize | |
#18561 | persist | |
#19121 | withstand | |
#23556 | enclose | |
#23641 | withhold | |
#24555 | embargo | |
#28457 | nab | |
#29907 | defy | |
#30094 | restrain | |
#32432 | arresting | |
#34071 | retard | |
#36343 | confine | |
#40155 | detain | |
#44813 | appease | |
#52998 | nabs | |
#53441 | apprehend | |
#53900 | quell | |
#68400 | bide | |
#74223 | imprison | |
#111104 | trammel | |
#128395 | detains | |
#155167 | incarcerate | |
#158830 | circumscribe |
How to use detain in a sentence?
[it’s] decided to detain them and deport them. we're fixing the policy. People will still get due process.
If ICE does not provide the proper legal instrument, they are jeopardizing also the city’s ability to detain somebody against their will.
The Executive has long exercised discretion to choose how best to allocate limited resources by prioritizing which noncitizens to take into custody and remove, what procedures to use to pursue removal, and whom to detain during the removal process.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest:
Our preference when dealing with suspected terrorists is to capture, detain, debrief and prosecute them, but the fact is ... in some areas of the world, particularly in remote locations where extremists are hiding out, local authorities have limited capacity and, in some cases, limited will to go after these extremists.
It is equally offensive to speed a guest who would like to stay and to detain one who is anxious to leave.
Translations for detain
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- يعتقل, اعتقالArabic
- задържамBulgarian
- detindre, detenirCatalan, Valencian
- zadržetCzech
- verhaftenGerman
- detener, retenerSpanish
- pidättääFinnish
- arrêter, détenirFrench
- coinnighIrish
- रोकनाHindi
- őrizetbe veszHungarian
- detenere, trattenereItalian
- 引き留める, 拘留Japanese
- ಬಂಧಿಸಿKannada
- teneoLatin
- detinerenDutch
- zatrzymaćPolish
- deterPortuguese
- a rețineRomanian
- задержать, задерживатьRussian
- задржати, zadržatiSerbo-Croatian
- gripa, interneraSwedish
- నిర్బంధించండిTelugu
- gözaltına almakTurkish
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