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Est. 1828
Results for
'detention'
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221
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233
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220
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75
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1
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4
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detention
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confinement
x/x
Noun, Noun
delay
x/
Noun, Noun
holdup
/x
Noun, Noun
custody
/xx
Noun, Noun
hold
/
Noun, Noun
detain
x/
Verb
detainee
xx/
Noun
deportation
xx/x
Noun
incarceration
xxx/x
Noun
prison
/x
Noun
interrogation
xxx/x
Noun
imprisonment
x/xx
Noun
torture
/x
Noun
arrest
x/
Noun, Adjective
pretrial
x/x
Adjective
jail
/
Noun
internment
x/x
Noun
remand
x/
Noun
correction
x/x
Noun
quarantine
/xx
Noun
extradition
xx/x
Noun
surveillance
x/x
Noun
deported
x/x
Verb
guantanamo
x/xx
Name
prisoner
/xx
Noun
punishment
/xx
Noun
indefinite
x/xx
Adjective
detainer
x/x
Noun
penal
/x
Name
sentencing
/xx
Noun
questioning
/xx
Noun
treatment
/x
Noun
probation
x/x
Noun
supervision
xx/x
Noun
truancy
/xx
Noun
expulsion
x/x
Noun
captivity
x/xx
Noun
gaol
x/
Noun
custodial
x/xx
Adjective
refugee
/xx
Noun
overcrowding
/xxx
Noun
asylum
x/x
Noun
resettlement
x/xx
Noun
preventive
x/x
Adjective
hospitalization
xxxx/x
Noun
judicial
x/x
Name
evaluation
xxx/x
Noun
protest
/x
Noun
assessment
x/x
Noun
repatriation
xxx/x
Noun
revocation
xx/x
Noun
boarding
/x
Noun
reeducation
xxxxx
Noun
lockdown
/x
Noun
hospitalisation
/xxx/x
Noun
delinquents
x/x
Noun
rehabilitation
xxxx/x
Noun
extrajudicial
xxx/x
Adjective
brig
/
Noun
parole
x/
Noun
detachment
x/x
Noun
retention
x/x
Noun
deterrence
x/x
Noun
retaining
x/x
Verb
entrapment
x/x
Noun
incapacitation
xxxx/x
Noun
regulation
xx/x
Noun
restraining
x/x
Verb
negation
x/x
Noun
repression
x/x
Noun
termination
xx/x
Noun
impoundment
x/x
Noun
enclosure
x/x
Noun
preclusion
x/x
Noun
stabilization
xxx/x
Noun
disposal
x/x
Noun
stealing
/x
Verb
interception
xx/x
Noun
liberation
xx/x
Noun
blanketing
/xx
Verb
curtailment
x/x
Noun
apprehending
xx/x
Verb
dislocation
x//x
Noun
admission
x/x
Noun
omission
x/x
Noun
transportation
xx/x
Noun
banishment
/xx
Noun
continuance
x/xx
Noun
preparation
xx/x
Noun
stopping
/x
Verb
encirclement
x/xx
Noun
division
x/x
Noun
seclusion
x/x
Noun
displacement
x/x
Noun
interment
xxx
Noun
enrollment
x/x
Noun
deceleration
xxx/x
Noun
hanging
/x
Verb
suppression
x/x
Noun
withdrawal
x/x
Noun
stalling
/x
Noun
shoplifting
/xx
Noun
detection
x/x
Noun
implication
xx/x
Noun
inclusion
x/x
Noun
suspension
x/x
Noun
reinforcement
xx/x
Noun
sequestration
xx/x
Noun
confiscation
xx/x
Noun
trimming
/x
Verb
deprecation
/xxx
Noun
dispossession
xx/x
Noun
enlistment
x/x
Noun
pickup
/x
Noun
dismemberment
x/xx
Noun
fishing
/x
Noun
commitment
x/x
Noun
escorting
/xx
Verb
taking
/x
Verb
separation
xx/x
Noun
interdiction
xx/x
Noun
trapping
/x
Noun
entanglement
x/xx
Noun
disturbance
x/x
Noun
stormwater
/xx
Adjective
lawfulness
/xx
Noun
authorise
xxx
Verb
authorising
/xxx
Verb
unlawful
x/x
Adjective
pinochet
xx/
Name
suspects
x/
Noun
centres
/x
Verb
preventative
x/xx
Adjective
wrongful
/x
Adjective
juveniles
/xx
Noun
abduction
x/x
Noun
absence
/x
Noun
adjournment
x/x
Noun
apprehension
xx/x
Noun
attachment
x/x
Noun
booking
/x
Noun
break
/
Verb, Noun
capture
/x
Verb, Noun
carrying
/xx
Noun
charterer
/xx
Noun
chattel
/x
Noun
concentration
xx/x
Noun
confine
x/
Verb, Noun
containment
x/x
Noun
dalliance
/xx
Noun
dawdling
/x
Noun
deduction
x/x
Noun
deferment
x/x
Noun
deferral
x/x
Noun
deprivation
xx/x
Noun
disruption
x/x
Noun
forfeiture
/xx
Noun
freedom
/x
Noun
freezing
/x
Adjective, Noun
gap
/
Noun, Verb
glue
/
Noun, Verb
guard
/
Noun, Verb
halt
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
handling
/x
Noun
house arrest
/x/
Phrase, Noun
hsin
/
Noun
immobilization
x/xx/x
Noun
imposition
xx/x
Noun
inmate
/x
Noun
institutionalization
xxxxxx/x
Noun
interruption
xx/x
Noun
isolation
xx/x
Noun
judgment
/x
Noun
keeping
/x
Noun
kidnapping
/xx
Noun
lag
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
layoff
/x
Noun
libertad
xxx
Name
liberty
/xx
Noun
lien
/
Noun, Verb
lingering
/xx
Noun
nabbed
/
Verb
owned
/
Adjective
ownership
/xx
Noun
pause
/
Noun, Verb
penitentiary
xx/xx
Noun, Adjective
person
/x
Noun, Verb
placement
/x
Noun
possess
x/
Verb
possession
x/x
Noun, Verb
postponement
x/x
Noun
procrastination
xxx/x
Noun
reception
x/x
Noun
reservation
xx/x
Noun
residence
/xx
Noun
restraint
x/
Noun
retardation
xx/x
Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
seized
/
Verb
seizure
/x
Noun, Verb
servitude
/xx
Noun
shin
/
Noun, Verb
siege
/
Noun, Verb
slowdown
/x
Noun
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
stoppage
/x
Noun
trespass
/x
Noun, Verb
trifling
/x
Adjective, Noun
unloading
x/x
Noun
warrant
/x
Noun, Verb
withholding
x/x
Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
get
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
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