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View definitions for detaining

detaining

noun as in confining

noun as in imprisonment

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Shortly afterwards, plainclothes agents are seen forcibly detaining her and pushing her into a car.

From BBC

China responded by detaining two Canadian citizens living in China on spying charges.

From BBC

On Friday morning, Gaza’s health ministry said in a statement Israeli forces had “stormed” Kamal Adwan hospital and were detaining hundreds of patients, medical staff and displaced people inside.

From BBC

If elected, he also promised a militarized campaign of deportation that would entail arresting and detaining millions of people in internment camps.

From Salon

The police responded by detaining dozens of protesters accused of holding an illegal gathering.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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