English English Dictionary
- detain in English:
1. 
take into custody
English word "detain"(take into custody) occurs in sets:
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2. arrest
They chased the man to arrest him.
We used emergency measures to revive the cardiac arrest patient.
He resisted arrest violently.
Tom was afraid that the police might want to arrest him.
The police arrested Hannah.
house arrest
The suspect was arrested yesterday morning.
fall arrest scaffolds must normally be a maximum of 3.00 m below the unprotected edge;
They were arrested and taken to a police station.
Police raided the store at dawn, arresting six men and seizing hundreds of pirated CDs.
He arrived at his local police station and said, 'Please, arrest me again.'
You're under arrest for riding an ugly horse!
They failed to arrest the company's decline.
The drug is used to arrest the spread of the disease.
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
English word "detain"(arrest) occurs in sets:
słówka week 23. to delay someone for a short length of time
English word "detain"(to delay someone for a short length of time) occurs in sets:
Units 10-14 Cambridge Objective Advanced4. Course to be slowed down or delayed
5. keep sb in a place and under control
6. to confine or hold in custody
English word "detain"(to confine or hold in custody) occurs in sets:
working for law enforcement 2 text7. to keep someone without his will
8. keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention
other words beginning with "D"
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