"detain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- A few seconds later he was hauled out and detained by police.
- I am not one of those tyrants who detain women by force.
- He was initially a refugee and detained by the Australian government.
- Lin was stripped of his positions and detained by the military.
- Legally, he had no jurisdiction and couldn't detain us by force.
- You have no legal cause to detain me, by your own admission.
- He was simply a man in the odd position of detaining another citizen by the wrist.
- It is used to refer to "any person captured or otherwise detained by an armed force."
- Instead of being permitted to stay here by favor, why am I not detained by force!
- It may also occur when a student is in hospital, housebound, or detained by the criminal justice system.
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