Meaning of detain | Babel Free

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1. a person who is detained (by the police etc). aangehoudene الشَّخْص المَوْقوف задържано лице detido zadržená osoba der Häftling tilbageholdt κρατούμενοςdetenido kinnipeetu آدم بازداشت شده vanki détenu/-ue עָצִיר פּוֹלִיטִי बंदी uhićenik, pritvorenik őrizetes tahanan (varðhalds)fangi detenuto 抑留者 억류자 sulaikytasis aizturētais orang tahanan gedetineerdevaretektsfange, internert zatrzymany څوک چی بندی شوی detido persoană reţinută (de poliţie) задержанный zadržaná osoba pripornik zatočenik häktad ...
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2. detener, parar.
3. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard: Our friends were detained by heavy traffic.
4. To keep in custody or confinement: The police detained several suspects for questioning.
5. Archaic To retain or withhold (payment or property, for example).
   Archaic
6. to delay; hold back; stop
7. (Law) to confine or hold in custody; restrain
8. archaic to retain or withhold
   archaic
9. to keep from proceeding; delay.
10. to keep under restraint.

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