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Def: keeping someone in a police station or prison during a limited period of time so that he cannot escape
Example: This special website of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Europe is dedicated to asylum seekers and irregular migrants in detention in Europe
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pretrial detention (Am E); remanded in custody (Br E)
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impose detention
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| dic_connotations |
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