pidättää — meaning in English

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.
bate verb To make something weaker or less strong.
bust verb To break something, especially by force.
detain verb To officially hold someone, preventing them from leaving.
grab verb To take hold of something suddenly and firmly.
hinder verb To make something more difficult or slow to accomplish; to get in the way of.
hold verb To grasp, carry, or support something with your hands or arms.
recoup verb To get back money that was spent or lost.
repress verb To use force to stop an uprising, protest, or similar unrest from growing.
reserve verb To book or set something aside in advance for later use.
restrain verb To hold back or keep someone or something under control.
retain verb To keep possession of something instead of losing or giving it up.

pidättää is used for these senses in English:

adsorb (transitive, physical chemistry, physics) To accumulate on a surface, by adsorption.
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.]
bate To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
bust (transitive, slang) To arrest (someone or a group of people) for a crime.
fight back (transitive) to repress; to struggle to repress.
grab To restrain someone; to arrest.
hinder (ambitransitive) To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.

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.