detain
Verb
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subtypes:
- keep - hold and prevent from leaving
- straiten - squeeze together
- gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand - lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- intern - deprive of freedom
- bind over - order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her
- imprison - confine as if in a prison
- cage, cage in - confine in a cage
- pin down, trap - place in a confining or embarrassing position
- keep in - cause to stay indoors
same as: confine -
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