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detaining
buttonholing
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internment
impound
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no-bail
liable
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hold hostage
arrest
nab
detainer
committal
cop
nail
collar
false imprisonment
apprehend
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snatch
unlawful detainer
kidnapping
capacity
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hold
prisonable
colour of law
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immunity
citizen's arrest
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granting immunity
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on remand
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preoccupancy
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monarchical
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poky
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Terry stop
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English words for 'The act of holding someone in custody without reasonable grounds.'

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