detain

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.

From Old French detenir. Cognate with Italian detenere, Portuguese deter, Romanian deține, and Spanish detener.

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