detain

About 0.85 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To keep something from proceeding or coming to completion; to delay.
2. verb To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
3. verb To keep back or from; to withhold.
4. verb To put someone under custody.
5. verb To seize goods for official purposes.

Similar words

delay hold up stay confine cease stop stopping pause quit restrain

Often followed by

the us him you them me her a and any

Word family

detained detaining detainment detainments detains