"detain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He had been charged with unlawfully detaining and torturing dozens of Muslim advocates.
- The government has also detained dozens of immigrants without charge as material witnesses in terrorism cases.
- Since the attacks against Americans increased, commanders have sent more troops into the city and detained dozens of suspected militants.
- The Pakistani police have detained dozens of suspected Islamic militants since the consulate bombing, including several foreigners.
- In the past year, the Government has detained dozens of people in connection with the bombing, but all were released.
- The police in eight European countries detained dozens of people in raids this week in connection with a child pornography ring on the Internet.
- In the last week, American soldiers detained dozens of suspected insurgents or supporters in the area while stepping up raids.
- The officials added that they had detained or questioned dozens of people in their urgent efforts to find the killer.
- Following the raid, law enforcement officials detained dozens of people; many of the detainees were reportedly tortured.
- But Zaire has done nothing to detain dozens of other former ministers, journalists, civil servants and military leaders sought by the tribunal.
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