zatrzymywać — meaning in English

English meaning

• apprehend verb To arrest someone, especially a suspected criminal.
• detain verb To officially hold someone, preventing them from leaving.
• withhold verb To refuse to give, share, or reveal something.

Senses

zatrzymywać is used for these senses in English:

• apprehend (law enforcement) To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
• detain (transitive, law enforcement) To put under custody.
• lock in (transitive) To fix the value of (something potentially variable).
• pull the plug (intransitive, informal) To cease to support; to halt. [with on ‘someone or something’]
• withhold (transitive) To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.

apprehend — full definition

1. verb To arrest someone, especially a suspected criminal.
2. verb To understand or grasp something mentally.
3. verb To anticipate something, usually with worry or fear.

detain — full definition

1. verb To officially hold someone, preventing them from leaving.
2. verb To delay someone or keep them from moving on.

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