detainment
Being held captive
Detainment is the act of holding someone in custody or preventing them from leaving.
It's used interchangeably with detention, though detainment more often emphasizes the action of detaining rather than the state of being detained: The detainment of protesters drew international criticism.
Police, immigration authorities, and military forces carry out detainments.
Legal detention in jail
- jailDetention facility
- prisonConfinement for offenders
- lockupTemporary detention facility
- cellBasic unit of life
holding cell · custody · captivity · internment · confinement · penitentiary · correctional · brig
Seize by law
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- bailCourt-set release payment
- bondBinding tie or connection
- chargeCost or accusation
hearing · indictment · due process · prosecution · defendant · magistrate · lawyer · plea
Control over impulses
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- holdMaintain in grasp
- confineRestrict to boundaries
- restrictTo impose limits upon
curb · quarantine · isolation · immobilize · sequester · house arrest · curfew · impound
Seeking answers through inquiry
- interviewFormal questioning session
- suspectBelieve to be likely
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- investigationFormal examination of facts
grill · coercion · rendition · intelligence · surveillance · information · inquisition · debrief
imprisonment
Legal detention in jail
cell · holding cell · custody · captivity · internment · confinement · penitentiary · correctional · brig · stockade
arrest
Seize by law
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- bailCourt-set release payment
- bondBinding tie or connection
charge · hearing · indictment · due process · prosecution · defendant · magistrate · lawyer · plea · trial
restraint
Control over impulses
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- holdMaintain in grasp
- confineRestrict to boundaries
restrict · curb · quarantine · isolation · immobilize · sequester · house arrest · curfew · impound · intern
questioning
Seeking answers through inquiry
- interviewFormal questioning session
- suspectBelieve to be likely
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
investigation · grill · coercion · rendition · intelligence · surveillance · information · inquisition · debrief · cross-examination
hold
Maintain in grasp
wait · slowdown · holdup · setback · obstruction · hinder · waylay
- policingpatrol, police powers, arrests, police officer, arrest
- arrestarrest, handcuffs, Miranda warning, booking, custody
- military policeMP, MPs, military police, shore patrol, provost
- securitysecurity guard, security cameras, alarm system, security system, lock
- Historical Policingconstables, sheriffs, watchmen, night watch, bobbies
- protest rightspeaceful assembly, right to protest, assembly rights, protest rights, free assembly
detainmentrelease
To let go
discharge · liberation · freeing · emancipation · letting go
detainmentdispatch
Send with speed
release · haste · rush · promptness · promptitude
detainmentfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · independence · autonomy · free movement · self-determination