detaining
detention
detainment
committal
arrest
detainee
detinue
commitment
consignment
take down
jail
gaol
jailhouse
pokey
clink
poky
slammer
detainable
jailee
incarceree
false arrest
predetention
apprehension
arrestment
bonds
detainer
lag
prison-bound
imprisonment
internment
carcerally
cuffing
jailing
in prison
remand home
buttonholing
hold
custody
detention warrant
citizen's arrest
bust
captivity
immurement
commit
incarceration
buttonholer
detention centre
prison house
in jail
shackledom
prison
nondetention
sent to the Tower
snatch
prison term
kidnapping
sentence
lift
time
incarcerator
mainpernor
durance
clap up
jug
boob
yardbird
internee
throw
beclose
life imprisonment
celly
prisoness
shop
telishment
jaillike
catch
proceedings
lockup
pinch
taking into custody
collar
do time
capacity
feel someone's collar
handcuffing
jaildom
rough ride
roust

English words for 'The act by which someone is detained; detention.'

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