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Detain

Detain meaning

To keep something from proceeding or coming to completion; to delay. | To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention. | To keep back or from; to withhold.

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Hong Kong protesters detain man claimed to be undercover police In Hong Kong's paralyzed international airport, protesters detain a man they say is working undercover for police.

For example, the a statute that authorized the minister of the interior to detain without trial “infiltrators”—that is, asylum-seekers who have entered the country illegally—for long periods of time (up to three years).

Home Office is considering fitting more GPS tags on migrants who come to the UK via illegal routes as it is running out of space to detain people – under plans branded as “just another gimmick” by the Labour party.

Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick has distanced himself from figures that show the government’s plan to detain and deport people who arrive in the UK on small boats could cost up to £6 billion.

Israel has 26 facilities it uses to interrogate, detain and incarcerate Palestinians.

It came to a stop and as the officers tried to detain the three occupants, Const Woods was hit by the vehicle and dragged underneath.

Killsmany in the past decade has lived in Alaska, Arizona and most currently in Datil, N.M. A federal motion to temporarily detain him states he also has ties to the states of Michigan, Missouri, West Virginia and Maine.

Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden says he has no control over unauthorized immigrants who get released from his jail – even if immigration officials have asked him to detain them.

Police detain a person while attempting to remove a group of teens and young adults from Chicago's Millennium Park after several fights occurred on April 17, 2019.

Police did detain another resident of the home and are calling him a suspect in the shooting.

Police maintained they did not detain Malik.

Police used 'stop and search' powers to detain the male and search for the blade.

Riot police detain dozens of fans outside the Melina Merkouri indoor stadium, in western Athens, early Friday, Dec. 8, 2023.

Security personnel detain an AAP supporter during a protest against the arrest of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia by CBI in the excise policy case, in New Delhi, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023.

Superintendent David Pickett, of Northumbria Police, said: “Every single day, our teams are deployed to locate and detain wanted suspects, many of whom are actively evading arrest and trying to remain off the radar of police.

The ATD term refers to “Alternatives to Detention” and it was being used by Mayorkas to dodge the federal law that requires him to detain asylum-seeking migrants until their requests are decided.

The court unanimously found two sections of the Migration Act being used to detain NZYQ were beyond the legislative power of the Commonwealth and contravened the Constitution.

The Crown obtained an order to detain the accused persons’ items on Monday.

The deputy grabs the woman and eventually forcibly throws her to the ground, then struggles to handcuff her, ultimately using pepper spray in an effort to detain her.

The group has increased the number of security guards and is also training staff to stop and detain shoplifters.