"detain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- 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.
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