detain
Example Sentences
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A judge eventually ruled the Home Office had no lawful grounds to detain him.
From BBC
The Democratic Party said about 40 of its followers had been detained.
From Barron's
They wavered when ICE agents drew protests, clashed with activists, and detained U.S. citizens.
They include oil industry workers who went on strike in 2002 to topple the government to people detained for protesting electoral fraud.
The population of the camp also included many ordinary civilians who ended up detained in the chaos at the end of Islamic State’s rule, according to a U.S. defense official and experts.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
