Detain

What do we mean by detain?

To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. transitive verb

To keep in custody or confinement. transitive verb

To retain or withhold (payment or property, for example). transitive verb

Detention. noun

To keep back or away; withhold; specifically, to keep or retain unjustly.

To keep or restrain from proceeding; stay or stop: as, we were detained by the rain.

In law, to hold in custody.

Detention. noun

To keep back or from; to withhold. transitive verb

To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay. transitive verb

To hold or keep in custody. transitive verb

Keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention. verb

To put under custody. verb

Deprive of freedom; take into confinement verb

Stop or halt verb

Cause to be slowed down or delayed verb

To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.

To put under custody.

To keep back or from; to withhold.

To seize goods for official purposes.

To hold back from doing something Urban Dictionary

"Am I being detained" is a phrase most commonly used by stupid liberals who think they're above authority and the law and would rather use corrupt logic instead of common sense. Urban Dictionary

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Adjectives that are often used to describe detain:
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Consonant match to detain:
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