DETAIN


Meaning of DETAIN in English

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

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .