"detain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

detain verbo

detain + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 21
detain people • detain suspects • detain citizens • detain immigrants • detain prisoners • ...
  • The police said they have detained more than 11,000 people.
  • He said the Americans have detained at least 50 people in the search.
  • The American military said that it had detained 397 people during the search of the area.
  • State, local and federal authorities have detained some 800 people as part of the investigation.
  • Protesters' rights groups said that the military police detained 66 people in the process.
  • One of my jobs is to detain people under the mental health act.
  • "What will happen when you give them the actual, legal power to detain people like this law does?"
  • France detains people without trial as a matter of course.
  • It is not clear how many people China detains for political acts.
  • On one recent weekend, the police detained 162 people who had arrived in boats.
2. detain suspects = zatrzymaj podejrzanych detain suspects
detain + preposición
Kolokacji: 23
detained without • detained for • detained at • detained in • detained on • ...
detain + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 19
briefly detained • detained indefinitely • illegally detained • temporarily detained • forcibly detained • ...

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