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📖 Определения и значения для слова detain

📒 to keep somebody in an official place, such as a police station, a prison or a hospital, and prevent them from leaving

  • One man has been detained for questioning.
  • He has been detained without trial for nearly two years now.
  • He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.

📒 to delay somebody or prevent them from going somewhere

  • I'm sorry—he'll be late; he's been detained at a meeting.
  • The minister was unavoidably detained in Lisbon on affairs of state.
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