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What is another word for
detained
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Adjective
In a state of being imprisoned or incarcerated
Restricted to one's home, as by physical infirmity
Kept in one's possession
To be running behind schedule
Verb
To have captured by force
Past tense for to apprehend or arrest someone
Past tense for to keep someone from proceeding by holding them back
Past tense for to postpone from being dealt with
Past tense for to detain (a person) in conversation against their will
Past tense for to refuse to give (something that is due to or is desired by another)
Past tense for to make a request or suggestion
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Adjective
▲
In a state of being imprisoned or incarcerated
confined
gaoled
UK
jailed
US
incarcerated
trapped
restrained
interned
caged
imprisoned
apprehended
captive
held
arrested
constricted
seized
in prison
locked up
behind bars
in custody
put away
shut in
in detention
under arrest
captured
caught
in jail
under lock and key
ensnared
bound
immured
inside
remanded
in chains
entombed
held in custody
in the slammer
serving time
stuck
locked in
hemmed in
iced
nowhere to go
hog-tied
sealed up
bottled up
on ice
cooped up
enclosed
away
interred
held prisoner
in irons
held captive
doing time
banged up
doing bird
doing porridge
sent down
clapped in irons
detained at Her Majesty's pleasure
restricted
fettered
chained
shackled
secure
enslaved
subjugated
penned
incommunicado
penned up
under restraint
in captivity
in bondage
taken prisoner
punished
entangled
charged
taken
retained
closed in
taken into custody
surrounded
booked
cornered
cut off
ambushed
snared
netted
more ❯
“Whether legal advice has been sought diligently by the
detained
person depends on the context of the situation.”
Adjective
▲
Restricted to one's home, as by physical infirmity
housebound
confined
isolated
snowbound
stormbound
cut off
snowed in
storm-stayed
shut in
Adjective
▲
Kept in one's possession
retained
kept
maintained
received
saved
confined
contained
had
held
owned
possessed
reserved
restrained
secured
sustained
withheld
treasured
held back
purchased
guarded
bought
clutched
inherited
at hand
on file
in hand
watched over
Adjective
▲
To be running behind schedule
slow
late
behind
delayed
tardy
unpunctual
belated
overdue
behindhand
hindered
impeded
long-delayed
off
down
low
reduced
running behind
behind schedule
behind time
running late
not on time
latish
delinquent
dilatory
remiss
deferred
postponed
backward
behind target
in arrears
having to play catch up
in the red
in debt
later
jammed
lagging
too late
put off
eleventh-hour
hung up
last-minute
held up
long-overdue
late in the day
unpaid
mature
past time
slowed
stuck
not before time
not punctual
long delayed
caught up
pushed back
put back
back
elapsed
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have captured by force
took
captured
caught
seized
apprehended
secured
ensnared
grabbed
abducted
arrested
bagged
snared
trapped
appropriated
collared
conquered
entrapped
kidnaped
kidnapped
nabbed
snagged
took captive
took into custody
annexed
carried off
laid hold of
took control of
took hold of
took hostage
took possession of
took prisoner
nailed
busted
pinched
nicked
pulled in
picked up
put in jail
restrained
lift
hauled in
copped
taken into custody
felt your collar
hooked
taken
put behind bars
taken prisoner
put the cuffs on
netted
landed
lifted
imprisoned
got
incarcerated
corralled
nobbled
prehended
took in
taken in
did
done
thrown in jail
threw in jail
glommed
brought in
placed under arrest
rounded up
snapped up
snatched
booked
gotten
gat
grappled
rapped
jailed
US
stopped
reeled in
gaoled
UK
put the arm on
taken captive
book
handcuffed
beached
treed
cornered
rousted
pulled
pounced on
held
taken in for questioning
tossed in jail
entangled
grabbed hold of
laid hands on
lassoed
taken hostage
took in for questioning
holden
got one's fingers on
gotten one's fingers on
taken possession of
taken hold of
took downtown
taken downtown
gotten hold of
got a hold of
got hold of
gotten a hold of
grasped
clutched
gripped
clasped
enmeshed
plucked
pluckt
seized hold of
tangled
wrested
ensnarled
clenched
wrenched
meshed
entoiled
yanked
ambushed
immeshed
gained
waylayed
ambuscaded
waylaid
caught up
caught hold of
shut in
run to earth
cut off
run to ground
caught at
took a grip of
taken a grip of
intercepted
commandeered
enclosed
surrounded
laid
bottled
clinched
won
jagged
springed
extricated
prised
laid a trap for
gone for
took by force
went for
closed in
mousetrapped
tackled
grasped hold of
taken by force
trammeled
clapped hands on
ran to earth
blocked off
hemmed in
snapt
fastened round
grabbed away
clung to
clapp hands on
picked off
snapped
brought to bay
stretched for
trammelled
clutched at
latched on to
ran to ground
had up a tree
penned in
lay
sprent
went after
gone after
gotten your hands on
got your hands on
took possession
taken possession
gotten on ropes
got on ropes
drove into a corner
driven into a corner
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to apprehend or arrest someone
arrested
apprehended
restrained
confined
imprisoned
captured
held
holden
interned
seized
withheld
withholden
busted
impounded
incarcerated
nabbed
took
taken
buttonholed
copped
did
done
gaoled
UK
jailed
US
nailed
collared
nicked
pinched
iced
mired
reserved
kept in custody
locked up
took in
taken in
hauled in
picked up
placed in custody
put away
took prisoner
taken prisoner
held in custody
pulled in
put into custody
sent up
took into custody
taken into custody
put behind bars
put in jail
remanded in custody
felt your collar
put inside
immured
put under lock and key
shut up
put in prison
held captive
shut in
caged
put in chains
jugged
committed
held prisoner
sent down
penned
pent
put into detention
put on ice
cooped up
fenced in
constrained
banged up
trapped
kept
remanded
walled in
sent to prison
kept under lock and key
put in irons
locked away
clapped in irons
cooped
locked in
closed in
mewed up
bound
enclosed
quarantined
penned in
railed in
hemmed in
put into irons
shut away
put in solitary
engaoled
pounded
bounden
circumscribed
trammeled
carcerated
enjailed
trammelled
corralled
stockaded
barred
enslaved
sequestered
restricted
closeted
mewed
cribbed
cloistered
entombed
railroaded
booked
secluded
consigned
housed
prisoned
kept under constraint
run down
took away
sent up the river
kept under custody
clipped someone's wings
taken away
walled up
hog-tied
bottled up
held under custody
kept captive
caged in
held hostage
book
canned
thrown into irons
threw into irons
ran down
threw in dungeon
threw away the keys
thrown away the keys
thrown in dungeon
thrown in jail
threw in jail
encased
hedged
enveloped
encaged
boxed in
included
cut off
bounded
inclosed
fenced
blockaded
boxed up
blocked off
fenced off
mured
encircled
institutionalized
US
encompassed
circled
contained
institutionalised
UK
barricaded
walled off
shut off
hedged in
put in custody
mewed in
cordoned off
walled
shut
hemmed
sealed off
surrounded
ringed
limited
sealed up
assigned
certified
flanked
sentenced to prison
fringed
closed up
insulated
girt
engirded
girdled
embraced
skirted
compassed
delivered
environed
isolated
wreathed
kettled
enfolded
enshrouded
closed off
bordered
locked
sent
covered
girded
edged
rang
rung
locken
more ❯
“Was there reasonable grounds for believing that it was necessary to
detain
the suspect without charge?”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to keep someone from proceeding by holding them back
delayed
impeded
constrained
hampered
hindered
stopped
kept
obstructed
retarded
checked
inhibited
controlled
decelerated
held up
kept back
slowed down
made late
set back
slowed up
bogged down
hung up
got bogged down
curbed
arrested
held back
restrained
cut off
stalled
put a brake on
interrupted
handicapped
restricted
interfered with
blocked
prevented
hamstrung
hamstringed
encumbered
trammeled
trammelled
slowed
clogged
withheld
shut down
put back
shut off
slackened
stayed
fettered
cumbered
shackled
postponed
mired
choked
limited
discontinued
put on hold
put on ice
lessened
halted
deterred
kept waiting
cramped
held off on
stymied
braked
crimped
deferred
intercepted
hobbled
intermitted
embogged
withholden
put the brakes on
cut back
cut down
handcuffed
interdicted
let down flaps
hit the brakes
put off
closed off
backed off
brought to screeching halt
headed off
choked off
cut in
hog-tied
picked off
let up
retardated
suspended
retained
ceased
suppressed
denied
threw a spanner in the works
thrown a spanner in the works
thrown a monkey wrench in the works of
threw a monkey wrench in the works of
stifled
refused
laid off
stunted
tempered
reduced
curtailed
refused to pay
regulated
moderated
decreased
lagged
abated
diminished
caused to wait
caused to stay
averted
balked
US
baffled
qualified
procrastinated
loitered
quieted
reefed
foiled
derailed
thwarted
brake
reined in
bogged
protracted
crippled
paused
repressed
baulked
UK
prorogued
remitted
shelved
lost speed
lost steam
wound down
diverted
manacled
frustrated
held
barred
prolonged
confined
warded off
interfered
took down
taken down
got in the way of
gotten in the way of
staved off
headed off at pass
short-circuited
delivered a blow to
tied up
stove off
held over
stood in the way of
lay off
anchored it
holden
took away
taken away
bridled
forestalled
embarrassed
prohibited
put an end to
shut out
borked
stonewalled
counteracted
disrupted
opposed
put a stop to
contained
scuppered
stemmed
smothered
circumvented
dammed
tied
countered
avoided
put at a disadvantage
defended against
staunched
forbid
defeated
burdened
disadvantaged
evaded
debarred
precluded
circumnavigated
nullified
held in
contravened
held down
skirted
sidestepped
weighed down
stemmed the flow of
spoiled
US
spoilt
UK
steered clear of
kept lid on
gotten in the way
got in the way
sabotaged
cut short
sandbagged
neutralized
US
straitened
muffled
bottlenecked
crabbed
inconvenienced
stanched
muzzled
fazed
impaired
put paid to
beat
entangled
governed
resisted
bound
neutralised
UK
tamed
kept under control
dissuaded from
fought back
kept in check
subdued
choked back
put a limit on
put on brakes
brought to a standstill
boxed in
kept a lid on
put the stopper on
upset
put the kibosh on
cramped one's style
held off
put out of commission
placed at a disadvantage
nipped in the bud
reduced speed
saddled with
put a spoke in someone's wheel
slammed on the anchors
put on the brakes
eased up
put in an unfavourable position
forbidden
forbade
softened
dampened
dulled
cushioned
reined
swallowed
squelched
terminated
outlawed
damped
throttled
circumscribed
straitjacketed
enjoined
obscured
screened
warded
depressed
complicated
caught
sidetracked
netted
captured
ensnared
enmeshed
leashed
absorbed
absorpt
constricted
slacked
debilitated
snagged
strangled
weakened
cooled
overloaded
escaped
bypassed
tethered
incommoded
withstood
checkmated
bottled up
repulsed
discouraged
rebuffed
bounden
charged
oppressed
discommoded
bothered
gagged
pegged
disciplined
sidelined
buffered
frozen
froze
petered out
stood off
rattled
discomfited
overturned
scotched
entrammeled
entrammelled
ruled
measured
blanketed
disconcerted
chained
kept in
monkeyed with
deflected
forfended
slackened pace
pulled in
setted limits on
imposed limits on
deadened
hemmed in
wronged
toned down
become slower
dragged your feet
bitten back
bit back
ruined
outwitted
stumped
wrecked
juked
ditched
crashed
unsettled
loused up
damped down
screwed up
fouled up
tied one's hands
anticipated
obviated
staved
stove
kept within bounds
cooled down
cooled off
made difficult
played for time
reduced in speed
prevented from making progress
kept off
kept the lid on
treated harshly
got slower
turned aside
made slower
kept at bay
told against
treated unfavourably
inflicted a handicap on
kept a tight rein on
buttoned up
slammed on the brakes
lost pace
ruled out
slacked up
kept tight rein on
fended off
slackened off
treated unfairly
gotten out of
got out of
beaten
became slower
taken wind out of
took wind out of
done for
did for
took out
gave disadvantage
given disadvantage
taken out
gone slower
went slower
threw a spoke in the wheel of
thrown a spoke in the wheel of
given a hard time
gave a hard time
done a disservice to
did a disservice to
gave a disadvantage to
given a disadvantage to
more ❯
“Immigration officers would
detain
him with a throng of questions about the purpose of his visit.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to postpone from being dealt with
tabled
postponed
adjourned
deferred
delayed
parked
rescheduled
shelved
prorogued
reserved
suspended
mothballed
held
holden
withheld
withholden
continued
retained
suppressed
hung
hanged
remitted
stalled
cooled
respited
contained
held back
held off
held over
put aside
put back
put off
took offline
taken offline
held off on
put on hold
put on ice
put on the back burner
put on the shelf
put over
put in cold storage
set aside
put on back burner
stayed
pigeonholed
retarded
protracted
prolonged
procrastinated
slowed
extended
held up
held in abeyance
laid over
hung fire
laid on the table
carried over
intermitted
impeded
hindered
obstructed
lengthened
blocked
waived
taken a rain check on
took a rain check on
given rain check
gave rain check
put to one side
interrupted
kept in abeyance
laid aside
prorogated
recessed
stood over
put in abeyance
set back
put off the evil day
put off the evil hour
reorganized
US
rearranged
reorganised
UK
filed
left
paused
dismissed
sidelined
put something off
rebooked
changed the date
put on one side
slowed up
hung up
put into storage
put on a back burner
checked
disbanded
decommissioned
reprieved
temporized
US
temporised
UK
barred
inactivated
forestayed
renounced
avoided
neglected
broke off
broken off
kept back
called a halt to
suspended proceedings
booked again
staved off
slowed down
called it a day
left to another time
cooled it
tied up
did later
packed away
ruled out
counted out
given a rain check
stove off
done later
gave a rain check
canned
frozen
froze
took a raincheck
taken a raincheck
pink-slipped
took a breather from
taken a breather from
taken a break
took a breather
took a break
taken a breather
took five
taken five
took a recess
taken a recess
taken a rain check
took a rain check
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to detain (a person) in conversation against their will
buttonholed
stopped
accosted
caught
approached
waylaid
waylayed
halted
importuned
collared
confronted
grabbed
hailed
nobbled
intercepted
solicited
ambushed
cornered
took aside
taken aside
shouted to
called to
pounced on
swooped down on
tackled
hounded
questioned
flagged
addrest
bothered
addressed
crossed
interviewed
talked to
stopped and talk to
surrounded
whistled for
initiated a discussion with
discussed something with
pinned down
cross-examined
restricted
run into
spoke to
spoken to
ran into
faced
attacked
faced up to
remonstrated with
took on
taken on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to refuse to give (something that is due to or is desired by another)
withheld
withholden
retained
reserved
held
holden
kept
maintained
preserved
grasped
refused
hung on to
held on to
clung to
continued to have
kept hold of
cleft to
cloven to
kept possession of
held fast to
held back
kept back
sat on
refused to give
held out on
hold out on
kept to oneself
saved
upheld
possessed
conserved
had
perpetuated
owned
commanded
contained
cherished
nurtured
gripped
husbanded
enjoyed
clutched on to
continued with
kept up
held fast
upholden
own
clutched
clasped
hung onto
filled
occupied
assumed
held down
grabbed
seized
snatched
clenched
clinched
squeezed
snagged
retained possession of
retained ownership of
kept for oneself
held on
held onto
hung on
retained use of
took
taken
not given away
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to make a request or suggestion
approached
appealed to
proposed to
advised
implored
pleaded with
sounded out
accosted
beseeched
besought
broached
conferred with
consulted
addressed
addrest
broached the matter to
broached the matter with
buttonholed
entreated
felt out
made a request to
solicited
suggested to
supplicated
took aside
taken aside
engaged in conversation
initiated a discussion with
made advances to
made a proposal to
made conversation with
made overtures to
waylaid
waylayed
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