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detain
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detain
v.
arrest, delay, confine
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Detention (imprisonment)
Detention is the process when a state or private citizen lawfully holds a person by removing his or her freedom of liberty at that time. This can be due to (pending) criminal charges being raised against the individual as part of a prosecution or to protect a person or property. Being detained does not always result in being taken to a particular area (generally called a detention centre), either for interrogation, or as punishment for a crime (see prison).
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detain
Verb
1. deprive of freedom; take into confinement
(synonym) confine
(hyponym) keep
(derivation) detention, hold, custody
2. stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"
(synonym) stay, delay
(hypernym) check, retard, delay
3. 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"
(synonym) delay, hold up
(hypernym) decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
(hyponym) stonewall
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detain
v.
nepustit; zadržet; zdržet; nechat po škole
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detain
Czas.
zatrzymywać; przetrzymywać
