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detaining
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Verb
Catching or apprehending someone
Present participle for to keep someone from proceeding by holding them back
Present participle for to imprison, confine or incarcerate someone
Present participle for to postpone from being dealt with
Present participle for to detain (a person) in conversation against their will
Present participle for to refuse to give (something that is due to or is desired by another)
Present participle for to make a request or suggestion
Noun
An act of capturing someone and placing them in forcible detention
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Verb
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Catching or apprehending someone
getting
apprehending
catching
arresting
capturing
seizing
taking
taking prisoner
taking captive
taking into custody
putting in jail
throwing in jail
putting behind bars
imprisoning
incarcerating
collaring
grabbing
nabbing
nailing
pinching
busting
picking up
pulling in
hauling in
doing
feeling someone's collar
nicking
laying hold of
restraining
copping
bagging
feeling your collar
taking in
hooking
netting
landing
ensnaring
lifting
trapping
securing
snagging
corralling
nobbling
prehending
snaring
abducting
glomming
jailing
US
holding
snapping up
bringing in
gaoling
UK
putting the cuffs on
rounding up
placing under arrest
snatching
booking
confining
grappling
appropriating
rapping
entrapping
stopping
taking hostage
taking in for questioning
carrying off
reeling in
handcuffing
taking downtown
running down
kidnapping
kidnaping
grabbing hold of
beaching
taking possession of
taking hold of
lassoing
getting one's fingers on
pouncing on
entangling
rousting
pulling
tossing in jail
putting the arm on
cornering
getting a hold of
getting hold of
laying hands on
interning
withholding
impounding
buttonholing
keeping in custody
miring
remanding in custody
putting away
sending up
placing in custody
icing
locking up
reserving
holding in custody
putting into custody
grasping
clutching
gripping
clasping
clenching
clinching
acquiring
gaining
plucking
winning
wresting
clinging to
attaining
procuring
obtaining
yanking
hijacking
achieving
earning
annexing
scoring
drawing
making off with
seizing hold of
hanging on to
catching at
squeezing
wrenching
reaping
realizing
US
shanghaiing
having
carrying
coming by
realising
UK
running away with
holding to ransom
pulling down
getting your hands on
ripping
tearing
garnering
enmeshing
ensnarling
removing
intercepting
entoiling
collecting
immeshing
meshing
catching hold of
grasping hold of
taking by force
running off with
latching on to
clutching at
taking a grip of
spiriting away
going for
knocking down
commandeering
extracting
accomplishing
tweaking
tangling
finding
pressing
wringing
gathering
pirating
prising
making
embracing
skyjacking
receiving
wangling
swinging
evulsing
forcing out
possessing oneself of
reaching for
catching up
gaining possession of
holding on to
holding hostage
coming into possession of
blagging
snapping
holding onto
clapping hands on
tackling
snatching at
carrying away
making away with
holding tightly
making a grab for
clamping
enclasping
swiping
snarling
expropriating
laying
jagging
fastening round
clapping
stretching for
going after
ambushing
holding for ransom
taking possession
picking off
raping
dognaping
dognapping
bringing
holding fast
keeping hold of
hanging onto
clawing at
glomming onto
grabbing tightly
putting the snatch on
uprooting
gloving
latching
fastening on
taking receipt of
picking
prying
fastening
closing
closing around
cherishing
gathering up
prizing
putting the snare on
hanging on
corkscrewing
biting
getting a purchase
cleaving
bearing
tugging
peeling
conquering
rooting out
tearing out
purchasing
deriving
jerking
owning
possessing
springing
springeing
accessing
buying
fetching
gleaning
griping
clapping a hand on
compassing
retrieving
pocketing
commanding
gobbling up
drumming up
scraping together
making use of
chalking up
scraping up
effecting
getting at
saving
hoarding
recovering
begging borrow or steal
laying up
inheriting
occupying
salvaging
salvageing
reaching
jumping at
exacting
usurping
wrestling
leaping about
twitching
holding close
handling
palming
having in hand
keeping close
wielding
adhering
extricating
grabbed away
pulling at
tugging at
taking unawares
catching off-guard
taking by surprise
pouncing
attacking suddenly
waylaying
stealing
ransoming
bundling off
body snatching
taking as hostage
striking
reifying
walking off with
walking away with
arriving at
more ❯
“Was there reasonable grounds for believing that it was necessary to
detain
the suspect without charge?”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to keep someone from proceeding by holding them back
delaying
impeding
constraining
hampering
hindering
stopping
keeping
obstructing
retarding
checking
inhibiting
controlling
decelerating
holding up
keeping back
slowing down
making late
setting back
slowing up
bogging down
hanging up
getting bogged down
curbing
arresting
holding back
restraining
stalling
interrupting
handicapping
restricting
interfering with
blocking
preventing
hamstringing
encumbering
trammelling
trammeling
slowing
clogging
withholding
slackening
staying
fettering
cumbering
retardating
shackling
postponing
miring
cutting off
choking
putting a brake on
throwing a spanner in the works
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
limiting
discontinuing
lessening
halting
deterring
keeping waiting
cramping
holding off on
stymieing
braking
crimping
deferring
intercepting
hobbling
intermitting
embogging
handcuffing
interdicting
shutting down
putting back
closing off
shutting off
taking down
backing off
getting in the way of
hog-tying
bringing to screeching halt
picking off
choking off
heading off
manacling
delivering a blow to
warding off
interfering
causing to wait
averting
causing to stay
short-circuiting
tying up
thwarting
foiling
derailing
suspending
repressing
protracting
pausing
crippling
shelving
remitting
proroguing
retaining
prolonging
frustrating
holding
barring
confining
tempering
stunting
putting off
curtailing
reducing
suppressing
ceasing
denying
standing in the way of
holding over
staving off
diminishing
lagging
abating
moderating
regulating
decreasing
loitering
qualifying
procrastinating
quieting
reefing
refusing
laying off
stifling
diverting
reining in
cutting down
anchoring it
winding down
losing speed
putting the brakes on
cutting back
losing steam
putting on hold
putting on ice
refusing to pay
taking away
heading off at pass
cutting in
letting down flaps
hitting the brakes
balking
US
baffling
bogging
baulking
UK
letting up
bridling
forestalling
embarrassing
prohibiting
borking
stonewalling
counteracting
disrupting
opposing
containing
scuppering
stemming
getting in the way
putting an end to
smothering
circumventing
damming
tying
shutting out
countering
burdening
avoiding
weighing down
defending against
staunching
forbidding
defeating
disadvantaging
evading
debarring
precluding
nullifying
circumnavigating
holding in
contravening
holding down
skirting
sidestepping
stemming the flow of
spoiling
steering clear of
keeping lid on
putting a stop to
sabotaging
sandbagging
neutralizing
US
straitening
muffling
bottlenecking
crabbing
inconveniencing
overloading
stanching
muzzling
fazing
impairing
entangling
governing
resisting
binding
neutralising
UK
taming
freezing
oppressing
keeping under control
dissuading from
fighting back
keeping in check
subduing
choking back
bringing to a standstill
boxing in
biting back
keeping a lid on
cramping one's style
holding off
putting at a disadvantage
placing at a disadvantage
nipping in the bud
reducing speed
saddling with
slamming on the anchors
easing up
straitjacketing
weakening
sidetracking
cooling
circumscribing
rattling
discomfiting
constricting
leashing
petering out
standing off
chaining
disconcerting
debilitating
preventing from making progress
incommoding
sidelining
discommoding
bothering
charging
catching
capturing
enmeshing
ensnaring
netting
snagging
screwing up
fouling up
tethering
setting limits on
imposing limits on
getting out of
throttling
obscuring
screening
giving a hard time
lousing up
strangling
complicating
reining
beating
putting paid to
escaping
bypassing
dragging your feet
gagging
pegging
disciplining
putting on the brakes
slamming on the brakes
swallowing
squelching
cutting short
terminating
tiing one's hands
taking out
giving disadvantage
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
overturning
scotching
entrammelling
measuring
ruling
entrammeling
putting out of commission
hemming in
making difficult
deflecting
bottling up
discouraging
repulsing
checkmating
rebuffing
putting a limit on
monkeying with
wronging
ruining
taking wind out of
crashing
unsettling
juking
outwitting
putting the kibosh on
upsetting
doing for
ditching
putting the stopper on
wrecking
stumping
cooling off
keeping within bounds
cooling down
pulling in
slackening pace
buttoning up
keeping tight rein on
keeping the lid on
keeping a tight rein on
inflicting a handicap on
telling against
treating unfavourably
treating harshly
doing a disservice to
putting in an unfavourable position
treating unfairly
giving a disadvantage to
softening
playing for time
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
forfending
withstanding
dampening
obviating
anticipating
staving
dulling
cushioning
slacking
fending off
keeping off
turning aside
keeping at bay
ruling out
going slower
damping
loading
depressing
saddling
slacking up
slackening off
losing pace
lumbering
absorbing
weighting
buffering
becoming slower
lading
blanketing
overburdening
outlawing
enjoining
warding
getting slower
reducing in speed
making slower
deadening
taxing
toning down
freighting
damping down
straining
overwhelming
overtaxing
keeping in
putting on brakes
stressing
more ❯
“Immigration officers would
detain
him with a throng of questions about the purpose of his visit.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to imprison, confine or incarcerate someone
imprisoning
confining
incarcerating
interning
immuring
impounding
gaoling
UK
jailing
US
caging
penning
holding
restraining
keeping
constraining
remanding
circumscribing
trammelling
trammeling
stockading
committing
closeting
icing
jugging
locking up
holding captive
putting away
fencing in
shutting in
holding prisoner
putting behind bars
sending down
putting in prison
putting inside
locking in
railing in
sending to prison
taking into custody
putting in chains
putting in irons
clapping in irons
banging up
sending up
putting into detention
locking away
bottling up
holding in custody
holding hostage
keeping captive
putting under lock and key
taking prisoner
keeping in custody
shutting up
cooping up
trapping
walling in
keeping under lock and key
cooping
putting in jail
mewing up
putting on ice
closing in
enclosing
binding
quarantining
penning in
hemming in
taking away
corralling
engaoling
mewing
prisoning
arresting
carcerating
consigning
pounding
entombing
cloistering
throwing into irons
housing
secluding
enjailing
restricting
putting in solitary
booking
railroading
putting into irons
throwing away the keys
throwing in dungeon
keeping under constraint
caging in
shutting away
keeping under custody
holding under custody
enslaving
barring
sequestering
cribbing
throwing in jail
sending up the river
hog-tying
walling up
clipping someone's wings
hedging
encasing
boxing in
enveloping
encaging
fencing
encircling
bounding
inclosing
including
hemming
blockading
surrounding
containing
girdling
boxing up
muring
hedging in
walling
girding
encompassing
circling
cutting off
ringing
kettling
fencing off
cordoning off
blocking off
sealing off
limiting
covering
environing
isolating
compassing
railing
bordering
skirting
embracing
enfolding
wreathing
edging
fringing
engirding
mewing in
storing
guarding
protecting
insulating
entrapping
institutionalizing
US
catching
flanking
sheltering
sheathing
sealing
rounding
enshrouding
institutionalising
UK
cincturing
retaining
blocking
cornering
sentencing to prison
forming a ring around
penning up
forming a barrier round
keeping safe
walling off
closing off
shutting off
taking in
driving into a corner
pinning down
barricading
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to postpone from being dealt with
tabling
postponing
adjourning
deferring
delaying
parking
rescheduling
shelving
proroguing
reserving
suspending
mothballing
holding
withholding
continuing
retaining
suppressing
hanging
remitting
stalling
cooling
respiting
containing
holding back
holding off
holding over
putting aside
putting back
putting off
taking offline
holding off on
putting on hold
putting on ice
putting on the back burner
putting on the shelf
staying
pigeonholing
retarding
protracting
prolonging
procrastinating
slowing
extending
holding up
putting over
holding in abeyance
putting in cold storage
laying over
hanging fire
taking a rain check on
laying on the table
carrying over
setting aside
giving rain check
putting on back burner
intermitting
impeding
hindering
obstructing
lengthening
blocking
waiving
interrupting
keeping in abeyance
laying aside
prorogating
recessing
putting to one side
standing over
reorganizing
US
rearranging
reorganising
UK
filing
leaving
pausing
dismissing
sidelining
breaking off
rebooking
changing the date
hanging up
slowing up
putting off the evil day
putting off the evil hour
giving a rain check
putting in abeyance
setting back
doing later
reprieving
temporizing
US
temporising
UK
forestaying
putting something off
neglecting
avoiding
renouncing
putting on one side
freezing
decommissioning
taking a raincheck
leaving to another time
slowing down
cooling it
keeping back
taking a breather from
putting on a back burner
checking
tying up
disbanding
taking a break
taking a breather
calling it a day
taking a recess
taking five
suspending proceedings
taking a rain check
putting into storage
packing away
inactivating
barring
booking again
calling a halt to
staving off
counting out
ruling out
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to detain (a person) in conversation against their will
buttonholing
stopping
accosting
catching
approaching
waylaying
halting
importuning
collaring
confronting
grabbing
hailing
nobbling
intercepting
soliciting
ambushing
cornering
taking aside
shouting to
calling to
pouncing on
swooping down on
tackling
surrounding
stopping and talk to
restricting
pinning down
hounding
questioning
addressing
bothering
crossing
flagging
interviewing
talking to
speaking to
whistling for
discussing something with
initiating a discussion with
cross-examining
running into
attacking
facing
taking on
facing up to
remonstrating with
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to refuse to give (something that is due to or is desired by another)
withholding
retaining
reserving
holding
keeping
maintaining
preserving
grasping
refusing
hanging on to
holding on to
clinging to
continuing to have
keeping hold of
cleaving to
keeping possession of
holding fast to
holding back
keeping back
sitting on
refusing to give
holding out on
keeping to oneself
upholding
possessing
conserving
saving
having
perpetuating
owning
commanding
containing
enjoying
nurturing
husbanding
gripping
cherishing
holding fast
clutching on to
keeping up
continuing with
bearing
carrying
setting aside
retaining possession of
putting by
keeping for oneself
wearing
retaining use of
not giving away
retaining ownership of
storing
amassing
hoarding
garnering
accumulating
stockpiling
collecting
caching
stashing
shelving
hiding
heaping
filing
concealing
stifling
repressing
storing up
saving up
stashing away
piling up
putting aside
keeping in reserve
keeping to yourself
laying aside
holding onto
laying down
setting by
hanging onto
holding in
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make a request or suggestion
approaching
appealing to
proposing to
advising
imploring
pleading with
sounding out
accosting
beseeching
broaching
conferring with
consulting
addressing
broaching the matter to
broaching the matter with
buttonholing
entreating
feeling out
making a request to
soliciting
suggesting to
supplicating
taking aside
engaging in conversation
initiating a discussion with
making advances to
making a proposal to
making conversation with
making overtures to
waylaying
Noun
▲
An act of capturing someone and placing them in forcible detention
imprisonment
capturing
confining
imprisoning
immuring
incarcerating
gaoling
UK
jailing
US
quarantining
locking up
restricting
constraining
restraining
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