verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
arrest/detain a suspect
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Detectives arrested the suspect after a five-day undercover operation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
charge
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The police now have up to ninety-six hours, i.e. four days and nights, to detain people without charge .
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After her husband's life sentence, Mrs Sisulu, 68, was detained without charge twice.
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In the 1970s he was detained without charge or trial for five years and tortured and held for long periods in leg-irons.
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Nearly all the political prisoners are detained without charges and never brought to trial.
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Since 1970 hundreds of Jehovah's Witnesses have been detained without charge or trial for up to five years.
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By 1984, it had crystallized into a firm time control on the police power to detain without charge .
hospital
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Her husband, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, was detained in hospital and sedated pending geriatric assessment.
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Twenty-four passengers were still being detained in two Dublin hospitals last night with fractures, and one with spinal injuries.
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Five were detained in hospital , including two fascists, and one doctor saw between fifty and seventy victims.
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Only four people - two policemen and two civilians - were detained in hospital .
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All are detained in Darlington Memorial Hospital .
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A person can be detained in hospital for treatment on health grounds under section three of the Mental Health Act.
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Psychiatric reports were eventually obtained and recommended that he should be detained in hospital for treatment, not in prison.
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Wardens, Suninder Gogner and Christine Hoy-Taylor, were detained overnight in hospital and their condition yesterday was comfortable.
people
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It also said that 1,751 people had been detained without trial due to their political affiliation.
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A van full of immigrants arrived early this afternoon, the first people to be detained at the centre.
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A further 57 people were detained bringing the number interviewed to more than 1,000 since Operation Bumblebee began in January.
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Returnees were among 40 people detained in Muyinga province, in the northeast.
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Up to 8,000 people would be detained under the Tory crackdown, she claimed.
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Since 1981 hundreds of people have been detained under this law, some for more than eight years.
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Most of the defendants were among 21 people detained by police as they left the conference.
person
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The constable must not be exceeding his authority, such as detaining a person without a power of arrest.
police
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As an immediate response to the killing the police detained more than 200 people in the Zawiya al-Hamra district of Cairo.
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His body was found in the sports complex where police had taken those detained .
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The police detained Akaluka for his own protection.
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State officials said the visiting police helped state agents detain 12 people and recuperate 12 stolen cars.
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In another move to silence criticism, police on Thursday detained the paper's editor, Rudolf Zeman.
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His threat came after the former head of the secret police was detained in Belgrade.
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Su picked out eight or nine men, and the police detained them.
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One of the men had even helped to shift bales of hay before police arrived and detained the pair.
trial
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It also said that 1,751 people had been detained without trial due to their political affiliation.
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In the 1970s he was detained without charge or trial for five years and tortured and held for long periods in leg-irons.
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Since 1970 hundreds of Jehovah's Witnesses have been detained without charge or trial for up to five years.
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He was previously detained without trial from September 1989 until April 1990 when he was released uncharged.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I won't detain you for much longer, Miss Reid. There are just a few more questions that I need to ask you.
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Mr Jones should be here, but I'm afraid he's been unavoidably detained.
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Mrs. Flanagan was detained in Washington on urgent business.
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Police detained two suspects for questioning.
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The police are now allowed to detain terrorist suspects for as long as a week.
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Three men from the ship have been detained for questioning by the Harbour Authorities.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All are detained in Darlington Memorial Hospital.
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George had a tendency to be detained or shot at for sketching coastal installations in strategic areas.
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His body was found in the sports complex where police had taken those detained.
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Since 1981 hundreds of people have been detained under this law, some for more than eight years.
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The officer later detained the man after a struggle, but needed ten stitches to the wound.
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When Stephen reaches Winchester safely, the Earl of Gloucester will be released and his son detained.