"detain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Others still detained at the end of March had been held for almost 10 years.
- Men, women and children were detained at the camp, sometimes entire families.
- They were detained without trial for up to decades at a time.
- He was detained briefly at the police station and then released to his parents.
- Since the mid of 1998, he was detained at the military guest house for several times.
- The maximum time someone can be detained at a place of safety is 72 hours (3 days).
- He was ordered to be detained at a psychiatric hospital.
- They don't want to have to charge people in order to detain them at length.
- However he continued to be mischievous and was often detained at school.
- Her 17-year-old son, Max, was detained at the same time.
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