Detains

Word DETAINS
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Definitions and meanings of "Detains"

What do we mean by detains?

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.

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The word "detains" in example sentences

If an LEO detains you, that is where concerns over your rights start to become elevated. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Obama administration intends to announce an ambitious plan on Thursday to overhaul the much-criticized way the nation detains immigration violators, trying to transform it from a patchwork of jail and prison cells to what its new chief called a “truly civil detention system.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

Whereas the Gadhafi regime arbitrarily detains women and girls in "social rehabilitation" facilities indefinitely for suspected transgressions of moral codes without judicial review; ❋ Unknown (2011)

Ambassador Francis Ricciardone said on Wednesday that Washington is trying to understand why Turkey detains journalists despite a policy of supporting a free press. ❋ Unknown (2011)

South Korea typically detains for several weeks North Koreans who arrive under unusual circumstances. ❋ Evan Ramstad (2011)

The outcome of the yearlong debate could reverberate through national security policies, ranging from the number of people the United States ultimately detains to decisions about who may be lawfully selected for killing using drones. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Australia automatically detains asylum seekers while their refugee claims are investigated. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Meanwhile, Assad slaughters and detains with impunity. ❋ Michael Hughes (2011)

March 30, 2008 Army detains two men in Chihuahua without arrest or search orders. ❋ José De Córdoba (2011)

In many areas of Afghanistan, particularly urban areas, the Afghan government regularly detains individuals, many of them dangerous terrorists, without having to resort to "black op" levels of force. ❋ Erica Gaston (2011)

In civil society, I have a right to punish a slanderer, — to cause my property to be restored by him who unjustly detains it: but shall the manner be indifferent? ❋ Unknown (2010)

But even I aside from preemption, it pretty clearly sets the stage for a follow up to Hiibel, if an officer, in the course of some lawful contact, asks a citizen for ID, then detains them under the law for failure to produce it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But they are not the responsibility of a few rogue agents; rather, they are the inevitable result of a broken system that detains thousands of individuals who should not be locked up in the first place. ❋ End ICE Abuse (2011)

His key conclusion: "The U.S. Government will therefore choose out of a sense of legal obligation to treat the principles set forth in Article 75 as applicable to any individual it detains in an international armed conflict, and expects all other nations to adhere to these principles as well." ❋ Douglas J. Feith (2011)

However, once a law-enforcement officer stops or detains someone, a different standard might apply, experts say. ❋ Emily Steel (2011)

Global Voices Online Fiji: Reaction to detention of alleged bloggers Fiji's miilitary government detains and harasses bloggers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Last year, they wrote that they expect to bring in, quote, "A significant portion of our revenues from ICE," the agency that detains illegal immigrants. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dec. 11: Thailand detains weapons-loaded North Korean plane headed to Middle East. ❋ Evan Ramstad (2011)

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