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detaining

verb

Meaning

  1. To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
  2. To put under custody.
  3. To keep back or from; to withhold.
  4. To seize goods for official purposes.
  5. The act by which someone is detained; detention.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

delay(English)hold up(English)stay(English)confine(English)detention(English)arrest(English)arrested(English)apprehending(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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