zadržet — meaning in English
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English meaning
- apprehend verb To arrest someone, especially a suspected criminal.
- arrest verb To take someone into custody under legal authority, typically on suspicion of a crime.
- detain verb To officially hold someone, preventing them from leaving.
- hold verb To grasp, carry, or support something with your hands or arms.
- impound verb To seize and hold something officially, often as a penalty or for legal reasons.
- withhold verb To refuse to give, share, or reveal something.
Senses
zadržet is used for these senses in English:
- apprehend (law enforcement) To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
- arrest (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. [from 14th c.]
- detain (transitive, law enforcement) To put under custody.
- hold (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- hold (archaic) To restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back.
- impound (transitive) To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound.
- impound (transitive) To hold back.
- withhold (transitive) To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
apprehend — full definition
- verb To arrest someone, especially a suspected criminal.
- verb To understand or grasp something mentally.
- verb To anticipate something, usually with worry or fear.
arrest — full definition
- verb To take someone into custody under legal authority, typically on suspicion of a crime.
- verb To stop or slow down a process or movement.
- noun The act of taking someone into legal custody.