detain
Example Sentences
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Investigators suspect Abdoulaye N., who was arrested six days after the heist, worked with a 37-year-old friend, whom police detained several days later.
When Valerie demanded to know where the person they detained lived, she said, an agent vaguely motioned at a nearby apartment building.
From Los Angeles Times
His statement highlighted the dozens of individuals who have reportedly been detained under an "election protection law" for exercising their freedom of expression.
From Barron's
"Having a British passport or connections to the UK can be reason enough for the Iranian authorities to detain you," it warns.
From BBC
Police and prosecutors said they had detained an Egyptian, three Moroccans and a Syrian over the alleged plot.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
