Words and phrases that have a meaning related to detain: (163 results)
Often used in the same context:
imprison, deport, apprehend, interrogate, prosecute, extradite, arresting, incarcerate, confiscate, suspects, expel, indict, surveil, arraign, convict, evict, handcuff, harass, persecute, breathalyse, frisk, mistreat, abduct, abscond, subdue, seize, jailing, restrain, flee, plain clothes, eavesdrop, probable cause, sodomise, arrest warrant, molest, punish, remand, disembark, disobey, repatriate, intimidate, incommunicado, overrule, impeach, disperse, incriminate, breathalyze, naturalise, eject, accost, brutalize, assassinate, repress, unescorted, impound, kill, hospitalize, victimize, terrorize, revoke, brutalise, deputize, enforce, habeas corpus, nab, maced, depose, reboard, frogmarch, radicalize, disarmed, deny, cuffed, deplane, outpass, reinvestigate, roust, expropriate, incapacitate, confront, resettle, debark, decapitate, tortured, intervene, elude, evacuate, overpower, wiretap, trespassing, disentitle, investigate, manhandle, countermand, suborn, maltreat, declassify, oppress, criminalize, questioning, censor, assaulted, repose, desolation, indoors, quiet, stirs, storm, stupefaction, adieu, ado, anticipation, arid, avail, bivouac, bugbear, calling, calm, canvass, continuance, darkness, declamation
More specific:
Also try:buy time, cage, cage in, catch, gaol, immure, jail, jug, keep in, lag, pocket billiards, pool, put away, put behind bars, stall, straiten, trap
— Adjectives for detain: wind, obscure, unvoyageable, cold, long, more, good, partial, raid, nightly, present, more...
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