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What is another word for
detain
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To apprehend or arrest someone
To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back
To postpone from being dealt with
To detain (a person) in conversation against their will
To refuse to give (something that is due to or is desired by another)
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Verb
▲
To apprehend or arrest someone
arrest
apprehend
restrain
confine
imprison
capture
hold
intern
seize
withhold
bust
impound
incarcerate
nab
take
buttonhole
cop
do
gaol
UK
jail
US
nail
collar
nick
pinch
ice
mire
reserve
keep in custody
lock up
take in
haul in
pick up
place in custody
put away
take prisoner
hold in custody
pull in
put into custody
send up
take into custody
put behind bars
put in jail
remand in custody
run in
feel your collar
catch
immure
hold captive
bag
trap
throw in jail
cage
grab
hook
put inside
jug
commit
put under lock and key
lay hold of
hold prisoner
send down
shut up
net
ensnare
land
lift
pen
put in prison
corral
coop up
bang up
secure
get
constrain
fence in
book
snag
nobble
keep
send to prison
prehend
clap in irons
put in chains
shut in
wall in
take captive
remand
keep under lock and key
snare
abduct
glom
bastille
round up
put into detention
coop
put on ice
snap up
lock away
bring in
place under arrest
put the cuffs on
mew up
close in
bind
snatch
stop
appropriate
railroad
entrap
quarantine
grapple
rap
take away
carry off
enclose
put in irons
take hostage
pen in
take in for questioning
lock in
rail in
hem in
reel in
run down
handcuff
restrict
pound
kidnap
consign
slough
settle
take hold of
take possession of
mew
prison
sentence
can
take downtown
throw book at
keep under constraint
beach
grab hold of
house
send up the river
lasso
entangle
throw in dungeon
throw into irons
throw the book at
throw away the keys
put in solitary
get one's fingers on
pounce on
inter
cloister
entomb
seclude
wall
put into irons
hold under custody
keep under custody
cage in
shut away
roust
pull
tree
corner
bar
sequester
enslave
crib
get hold of
toss in jail
lay hands on
put the arm on
get a hold of
wall up
hog-tie
clip someone's wings
circumscribe
trammel
stockade
closet
bottle up
detain at Her Majesty's pleasure
hold hostage
keep captive
encase
hedge
envelop
encage
box in
include
bound
inclose
fence
blockade
fence off
box up
block off
mure
encircle
institutionalize
US
encompass
circle
contain
hem
cordon off
institutionalise
UK
wall off
seal off
barricade
cut off
mew in
hedge in
limit
kettle
sentence to prison
insulate
isolate
environ
cover
enshroud
enfold
put in custody
deliver
certify
send
assign
surround
ring
fringe
wreathe
engird
edge
skirt
flank
border
gird
compass
girdle
embrace
lock
close off
shut
shut off
seal up
close up
more ❯
“Was there reasonable grounds for believing that it was necessary to
detain
the suspect without charge?”
Verb
▲
To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back
delay
impede
constrain
hamper
hinder
stop
keep
obstruct
retard
check
inhibit
control
decelerate
hold up
keep back
slow down
make late
set back
slow up
bog down
hang up
get bogged down
curb
arrest
hold back
restrain
stall
interrupt
handicap
restrict
block
interfere with
prevent
hamstring
encumber
trammel
slow
clog
withhold
slacken
stay
fetter
cumber
cut off
retardate
shackle
postpone
mire
choke
put a brake on
throw a spanner in the works
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
limit
intercept
discontinue
lessen
deter
keep waiting
cramp
hold off on
halt
stymie
brake
crimp
defer
hobble
intermit
embog
handcuff
interdict
pick off
head off
shut down
close off
put back
shut off
take down
back off
get in the way of
choke off
hog-tie
bring to screeching halt
sink
suspend
manacle
ward off
cause to wait
cause to stay
avert
interfere
short-circuit
tie up
foil
thwart
derail
deny
suppress
cease
pause
protract
repress
cripple
remit
shelve
prorogue
bar
prolong
confine
hold
frustrate
refuse
lay off
stifle
temper
stunt
put off
reduce
curtail
stand in the way of
stave off
hold over
put on hold
put on ice
regulate
moderate
abate
lag
decrease
diminish
reef
quiet
loiter
qualify
procrastinate
divert
rein in
wind down
put the brakes on
cut back
lose steam
back-water
lose speed
cut down
anchor it
take away
cut in
head off at pass
let down flaps
hit the brakes
balk
US
baffle
bog
baulk
UK
let up
bridle
embarrass
forestall
prohibit
bork
stonewall
counteract
disrupt
oppose
contain
stem
dam
scupper
hold in
get in the way
put an end to
smother
circumvent
burden
tie
shut out
counter
avoid
weigh down
hold down
defend against
keep lid on
forbid
straiten
staunch
defeat
govern
tame
evade
debar
bind
constrict
disadvantage
preclude
nullify
circumnavigate
contravene
sidestep
skirt
stem the flow of
spoil
steer clear of
put a stop to
sabotage
sandbag
neutralize
US
inconvenience
rein
muffle
crab
bottleneck
occlude
muzzle
faze
impair
jam
stanch
stuff
chain
entangle
resist
neutralise
UK
close
overload
freeze
congest
measure
rule
keep under control
clot
oppress
dissuade from
fight back
keep in check
subdue
choke back
bottle up
pull in
hem in
bring to a standstill
keep a lid on
bite back
box in
cramp one's style
hold off
put at a disadvantage
place at a disadvantage
nip in the bud
be a hindrance to
reduce speed
saddle with
cool off
stop up
clog up
plug up
ease up
slam on the anchors
gum up
bung up
straitjacket
sidetrack
weaken
circumscribe
discomfit
rattle
leash
stand off
peter out
debilitate
disconcert
incommode
prevent from making progress
barricade
block up
catch
charge
discommode
bother
enmesh
net
ensnare
capture
snag
sideline
set limits on
impose limits on
tether
foul up
screw up
get out of
blockade
strangle
throttle
screen
obscure
complicate
give a hard time
put paid to
escape
bypass
beat
make difficult
peg
discipline
gag
drag your feet
louse up
put on the brakes
slam on the brakes
cut short
terminate
squelch
swallow
tie one's hands
entrammel
overturn
scotch
queer someone's pitch
throw a spoke in the wheel of
give disadvantage
take out
put out of commission
deflect
put a limit on
repulse
discourage
rebuff
checkmate
incarcerate
imprison
intern
monkey with
wreck
put the stopper on
stump
ditch
take wind out of
upset
outwit
crash
ruin
do for
juke
put the kibosh on
unsettle
cool down
keep within bounds
wrong
keep a tight rein on
keep tight rein on
button up
keep the lid on
slacken pace
gaol
UK
ban
lock in
coop up
fence in
jail
US
close in
immure
concuss
shut in
deprive
shotgun
disallow
cork
necessitate
lock up
treat unfairly
do a disservice to
give a disadvantage to
treat harshly
be unfair to
put in an unfavourable position
treat unfavourably
tell against
inflict a handicap on
soften
put a spoke in someone's wheel
play for time
put half nelson on
forfend
withstand
dampen
obviate
stave
anticipate
dull
cushion
slack
rule out
keep at bay
turn aside
fend off
keep off
saddle
load
damp
depress
absorb
go slower
buffer
become slower
lose pace
lessen one's speed
slack up
slacken off
blanket
plug
outlaw
make slower
get slower
reduce in speed
deaden
lumber
enjoin
ward
tone down
damp down
laden
lade
overtax
weight
freight
stress
strain
tax
stopper
fill
bung
overwhelm
overburden
keep in
put on brakes
obturate
dam up
gunge up
fill up
silt up
more ❯
“Immigration officers would
detain
him with a throng of questions about the purpose of his visit.”
Verb
▲
To postpone from being dealt with
table
postpone
adjourn
defer
delay
park
reschedule
shelve
prorogue
reserve
suspend
mothball
hold
withhold
continue
retain
suppress
hang
remit
stall
cool
respite
contain
hold back
hold off
hold over
put aside
put back
put off
take offline
hold off on
put on hold
put on ice
put on the back burner
put on the shelf
stay
pigeonhole
procrastinate
protract
retard
extend
slow
prolong
put over
carry over
hold up
lay over
hold in abeyance
lay on the table
hang fire
set aside
give rain check
put on back burner
put in cold storage
take a rain check on
intermit
hinder
block
impede
lengthen
obstruct
waive
interrupt
keep in abeyance
stand over
lay aside
recess
prorogate
file
dismiss
sideline
break off
give a rain check
put in abeyance
slow up
do later
hang up
put off the evil day
put off the evil hour
put to one side
put something off
reprieve
forestay
temporise
UK
temporize
US
put on one side
set back
slow down
take a raincheck
cool it
pause
freeze
call it a day
take a recess
suspend proceedings
take five
take a rain check
take a break
take a breather
tie up
shut up
put out of commission
pack away
decommission
put into storage
check
disband
bar
inactivate
can
rule out
stave off
push back
pink-slip
count out
call a halt to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To detain (a person) in conversation against their will
buttonhole
stop
accost
catch
approach
waylay
halt
importune
collar
confront
grab
hail
nobble
intercept
solicit
ambush
corner
take aside
shout to
call to
address
swoop down on
pounce on
initiate a discussion with
surround
restrict
pin down
stop and talk to
hound
question
flag
bother
cross
interview
talk to
speak to
discuss something with
cross-examine
whistle for
run into
appeal to
propose to
implore
beseech
make conversation with
make overtures to
plead with
broach
entreat
make advances to
engage in conversation
feel out
broach the matter with
broach the matter to
advise
consult
make a proposal to
sound out
supplicate
confer with
suggest to
make a request to
flag down
summon
call
signal
signal to stop
proposition
hustle
wave down
tackle
come on to
make advances
attack
take on
face
remonstrate with
face up to
beckon
hello
wave
holler
halloo
shout
wave to
make a sign to
gesture to stop
signal to
sing out
call out to
yoo-hoo
call over
whistle down
more ❯
Verb
▲
To refuse to give (something that is due to or is desired by another)
withhold
retain
reserve
hold
keep
maintain
preserve
grasp
refuse
hang on to
hold on to
cling to
continue to have
keep hold of
cleave to
keep possession of
hold fast to
hold back
keep back
sit on
refuse to give
hold out on
keep to oneself
save
uphold
possess
conserve
own
perpetuate
have
contain
command
enjoy
husband
grip
cherish
nurture
keep up
continue with
clutch on to
hold fast
bear
harbor
US
harbour
UK
foster
entertain
nurse
brood over
sustain
store
occupy
imagine
stash
continue
set aside
put aside
put away
consider
keep alive
keep going
carry on
carry
embrace
be the owner of
be in possession of
be the possessor of
have in your possession
have to one's name
secure
stow
fill
stockpile
hoard
cache
stash away
squirrel
bank
feel
treasure
boast
hold down
believe
regard
hog
keep in reserve
put by
stow away
lay aside
squirrel away
have in hand
have possession of
salt away
put to one side
feel secretly
be the proud possessor of
keep in mind
lay up
nourish
lock up
be in
be blessed with
hug
drive
keep up with
keep in one's mind
inhold
teem with
chalk up
count among one's possessions
hast
(archaic)
support mentally
corner the market
retain possession of
not sell
retain ownership of
retain use of
keep for oneself
not give away
run
earmark
bottle
dedicate
devote
consecrate
allocate
develop
show
manifest
regulate
buffer
devise
cultivate
think about
express
know
demonstrate
think of
digest
display
assimilate
evince
store up
set by
deposit
control
keep out
give up to
place
put
assume
plant
cumulate
accumulate
amass
stock
pack
tuck
gather
archive
collect
mothball
warehouse
garner
park
hutch
reposit
hive
hide
bury
be responsible for
be possessed of
have the title to
have rights to
get in supplies of
load up
put up
put down
stock up on
put into storage
lay in
roll up
put aside for a rainy day
save for rainy day
sock away
tidy away
pack away
lay away
put in storage
tidy up
lay by
put in store
put away for a rainy day
lock away
stock up with
pack up
hang onto
be placed in
be employed in
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