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Definitionv. deprive of freedom
Last update: May 25, 2016
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Custom officers wanted to detain the passengers till the police came. [verb]
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Urgent detention of acquitted persons Section 134: power of court to detain acquitted persons 259. [noun]
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It seeks to detain and deport immigrants without cause or trial. [noun]
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These Delawares have their laws, which forbid them to detain you; but I--I have no such obligation. [verb]
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"This is neither the place nor the occasion to detain you with selfish wishes," he added; "but what heart loaded like mine would not wish to cast its burden." [verb]
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If I am detained it will be by finding my friends out of town, and having to make a journey to see them. [verb]
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"Angela, forgive me----" he began, trying to detain her; but she hurried on through the open French window, and ran upstairs to her room, where she locked herself in. [verb]
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Among them must be the young man who knows the coast, and we will detain him for pilot. [verb]
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Angela saw that as each hunch changed hands the royal fingers touched the lady's tapering finger-tips and tried to detain them. [verb]
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