Dictionary
detain
Meaning
- 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.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɪˈteɪn/
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