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Detain
/dɪˈteɪn/
To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
📖 Definitions of "Detain"
verb
- 1
To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
- 2
To put under custody.
- 3
To keep back or from; to withhold.
- 4
To seize goods for official purposes.
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