Detain

de-tān′, v.t. to hold from or back: to stop: to keep: to keep in custody.— ns. Detain′er , one who detains: ( law ) the holding of what belongs to another: a warrant to a sheriff to keep in custody a person already in confinement: Detain′ment (same as Detention ). [O. Fr. detenir —L. detinēre — de , from, and tenēre , to hold.]