Sentences with detain
de·tain
D d - The act allows police to detain a suspect for up to 48 hours. [VERB noun]
- Thank you. We won't detain you any further. [VERB noun]
- At the time, he was being held without charge, and police needed a magistrate to renew the authority to detain him every few days.
- Tactical response group members detain a man as they hunt the killer in Frankston.
- Asylum seekers who don't have a visa will be able to be detained only if it is necessary to detain them on specified grounds, for example.
- Controversial anti-terror laws which will allow police to detain terror suspects without charge were last night rammed through Parliament.
- ASIO's powers to question and detain terrorist suspects should be subject to rigorous scrutiny.