detain · verb
Bedeutungen und Beispiele
Jemanden offiziell an einem Ort festhalten und am Weggehen hindern.
Police detained the driver while they checked the vehicle's documents.
The travellers were detained for several hours at the border.
Officials cannot detain someone indefinitely without legal grounds.
Formen
- detain base form
- detains third-person singular present
- detained past tense and past participle
- detaining present participle