detainable
Subject to custody
Detainable describes someone or something that can be legally held or kept in custody.
The term appears most often in immigration and criminal law contexts, where authorities determine whether a person is detainable based on specific criteria: The officer classified the suspect as detainable pending investigation.
Something detainable may be seized and held: contraband goods detainable at the border.
Seize by law
- custodyProtective care or control
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- confinementState of being restricted
captivity · holding · apprehension · seizure · remand · internment · jail · prison
Control over impulses
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
quarantine · curfew · bail · parole · probation · house arrest · ankle monitor · lockdown
Theft by threat
pause · hindrance · obstruction · impediment · setback · standstill · slowdown · interruption
arrest
Seize by law
- custodyProtective care or control
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
confinement · captivity · holding · apprehension · seizure · remand · internment · jail · prison · cell
restraint
Control over impulses
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
supervision · quarantine · curfew · bail · parole · probation · house arrest · ankle monitor · lockdown · guardianship
holdup
Theft by threat
stoppage · pause · hindrance · obstruction · impediment · setback · standstill · slowdown · interruption · suspension
detainableundetainable
Cannot be kept confined
releasable · free to go · charged · unchargeable · acquitted
detainablefree
Without payment or restriction
at liberty · liberated · unrestrainable · unrestricted · released
detention, detain, detained, detainee, detainment, detaining, detainer, detainments