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All detained synonyms

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noun detained

  • under arrest — to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar.

adjective detained

  • inside — on the inner side or part of; within: inside the circle; inside the envelope.
  • behind bars — If you say that someone is behind bars, you mean that they are in prison.
  • imprisoned — to confine in or as if in a prison.
  • incarcerated — to imprison; confine.
  • held — simple past tense and a past participle of hold1 .
  • interned — to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.
  • apprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of apprehend.
  • captive — A captive person or animal is being kept imprisoned or enclosed.
  • arrested — to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar.
  • seized — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
  • caged — A caged bird or animal is inside a cage.
  • trappedtraps, Informal. personal belongings; baggage.
  • shut in — closed; fastened up: a shut door.
  • constricted — narrowed
  • restrained — characterized by restraint: The actor gave a restrained performance.
  • confined — If something is confined to a particular place, it exists only in that place. If it is confined to a particular group, only members of that group have it.
  • gaoled — to take into or hold in lawful custody; imprison.
  • put away — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
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