detain

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• February 19. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  detain — verb — english

  deprive of freedom; take into confinement

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  detain — verb — english

  stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  detain — verb — english

  cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"