verb
ADVERB
▪ briefly
▪
He was kidnapped and briefly ~ed by a terrorist group.
▪ indefinitely
▪
Prisoners cannot be ~ed indefinitely without charge.
▪ illegally
VERB + DETAIN
▪ need not ( esp. BrE )
▪
This issue need not ~ us long.
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
She was arrested and ~ed for distributing pro-democracy leaflets.
▪ in connection with
▪
Over 60 people have been ~ed in connection with the coup attempt.
PHRASES
▪ be ~ed in custody , be ~ed in hospital (both BrE )
▪
Two people were ~ed in hospital following the crash.
▪ ~ sb without charge , ~ sb without trial
▪
He has been ~ed without trial for nearly two years now.
Detain is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ authority , ↑ police
Detain is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ alien , ↑ immigrant , ↑ prisoner , ↑ suspect