detain · verb
Sens et exemples
Retenir officiellement quelqu'un dans un lieu et l'empêcher de partir.
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.
Formes
- detain base form
- detains third-person singular present
- detained past tense and past participle
- detaining present participle