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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to detain:   (166 results)

Antonyms:
free, hurry, liberate, loose, release, rush, unloose

Often used in the same context:
imprison, deport, apprehend, interrogate, prosecute, extradite, arresting, incarcerate, confiscate, suspects, expel, indict, surveil, arraign, convict, evict, handcuff, harass, persecute, breathalyse, frisk, mistreat, abduct, abscond, subdue, seize, jailing, restrain, flee, plain clothes, eavesdrop, probable cause, sodomise, arrest warrant, molest, punish, remand, disembark, disobey, repatriate, intimidate, incommunicado, overrule, impeach, disperse, incriminate, breathalyze, naturalise, eject, accost, brutalize, assassinate, repress, unescorted, impound, kill, hospitalize, victimize, terrorize, revoke, brutalise, deputize, enforce, habeas corpus, nab, maced, depose, reboard, frogmarch, radicalize, disarmed, deny, cuffed, deplane, outpass, reinvestigate, roust, expropriate, incapacitate, confront, resettle, debark, decapitate, tortured, intervene, elude, evacuate, overpower, wiretap, trespassing, disentitle, investigate, manhandle, countermand, suborn, maltreat, declassify, oppress, criminalize, questioning, censor, assaulted, repose, desolation, indoors, quiet, stirs, storm, stupefaction, adieu, ado, anticipation, arid, avail, bivouac, bugbear, calling, calm, canvass, continuance, darkness, declamation

More specific:
buy time, cage, cage in, catch, gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, keep in, lag, pocket billiards, pool, put away, put behind bars, remand, stall, straiten, trap

Appears in the definition of:
buttonhole, clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, lobby, slammer

More general:
check, decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up

Synonyms:
confine, delay, hold up, stay

Also try:
— Adjectives for detain: wind, obscure, unvoyageable, cold, long, more, good, partial, raid, nightly, present, more...

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