The meaning of Detention

verb

Seize (someone) by legal authority and take them into custody.

Usage examples:

The police arrested him for possession of marijuana

noun

The action of seizing someone and taking them into custody.

Usage examples:

I have a warrant for your arrest

verb

Take into custody

noun

The condition of being imprisoned or confined.

Usage examples:

He was released after 865 days in captivity

noun

The situation in which a person or animal is kept somewhere and is not allowed to leave

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All the hostages, when released from captivity, looked remarkably fit and well., animals bred in ca…

noun

The action of sending a person to prison or a psychiatric hospital.

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His committal to prison

noun

The process of sending someone to a psychiatric hospital or prison

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The psychiatric team decided that committal would not be beneficial in her case., these events led …

noun

The action of confining or state of being confined.

Usage examples:

He was immediately released from his confinement

noun

The situation in which a person or animal is kept somewhere, usually by force

Usage examples:

She spent most of those years under house arrest or close confinement.

noun

The protective care or guardianship of someone or something.

Usage examples:

The property was placed in the custody of a trustee

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The right or duty to care for someone or something, as for a child whose parents have separated or died

Usage examples:

The court awarded custody of the child to the mother., the police have taken the suspect into custo…

noun

The legal right to manage and look after another person's money, investments, etc.

Usage examples:

Investment advisers with actual custody of clients' funds pose a higher risk to clients.

noun

Imprisonment or confinement.

Usage examples:

The actor's years of durance vile in soap operas

noun

Threats, violence, constraints, or other action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will or better judgement.

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Confessions extracted under duress

noun

Threats used to force a person to do something

Usage examples:

He signed the contract under duress.

noun

Threats used to force someone to do something

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Clarke's defence involved claims of duress and allegations he had been framed by the police., he cl…

noun

The state of being imprisoned; captivity.

Usage examples:

He was sentenced to two months' imprisonment

noun

The act of putting someone in prison or the condition of being kept in prison

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She was sentenced to five years' imprisonment., he could win damages for his father's wrongful impr…

noun

The state of being confined in prison; imprisonment.

Usage examples:

The public would not be served by her incarceration

noun

The act of putting or keeping someone in prison or in a place used as a prison

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We’re spending billions of dollars each year on incarceration., the prisoner was sentenced to five …

noun

The state of being confined as a prisoner, especially for political or military reasons.

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He was threatened with internment in a concentration camp

noun

The act of putting someone in prison for political or military reasons, especially during a war

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An internment camp

noun

A state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals that may have been exposed to infectious disease are placed.

Usage examples:

Horses entering the country must stay in quarantine longer

verb

A state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been exposed to infectious or contagious disease are placed.

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Many animals die in quarantine

noun

A period of time during which a person or animal that might have a disease is kept away from other people or animals so that the disease cannot spread

Usage examples:

The horse had to spend several months in quarantine when it reached this country., he was quarantin…

verb

Place (a defendant) on bail or in custody, especially when a trial is adjourned.

Usage examples:

He was remanded in custody for a week

noun

A committal to custody.

Usage examples:

The prosecutor applied for a remand to allow forensic evidence to be investigated

verb

To send someone accused of committing a crime away from court until their trial begins

Usage examples:

Be remanded on he was remanded on theft charges., be remanded in custody the accused was remanded i…

noun

A measure or condition that keeps someone or something under control.

Usage examples:

Decisions are made within the financial restraints of the budget