Dictionary English → German: detain

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edit	VERB	to detain \| detained \| detained ... detaining \| detains
	SYNO	to confine \| to detain \| to delay ...
	to confine \| to detain to delay \| to detain \| to stay to delay \| to detain \| to hold up © Princeton University

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law to detain sb. [take into custody]

3464

jdn. festnehmen

to detain

1550

to detain

791

law to detain sb. [suspect]

641

jdn. festhalten [verhaftet haben]

to detain sb./sth. [delay]

516

jdn./etw. aufhalten [Verzögerung verursachen]

to detain

397

to detain [take into custody]

206

to detain sb.

141

jdn. verwahren [veraltet] [gefangen halten]

to detain

96

to detain [to arrest]

81

festsetzen [in Haft nehmen]

to detain

72

to detain

51

to detain

39

law to detain sb. [suspects]

34

jdn. sistieren [Tatverdächtige]

2 Words

law to detain sb. temporarily

jdn. vorläufig festnehmen

3 Words

to detain a ship

ein Schiff festhalten

admin. naut. to detain a ship

ein Schiff an die Kette legen [festsetzen]

5+ Words

I will not detain you long.

Ich werde Sie nicht lange aufhalten.

law to detain a suspect for questioning

einen Verdächtigen in Untersuchungshaft behalten / halten

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