Garder officiellement quelqu'un sous la garde des autorités.
To officially keep someone in custody.
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La police a détenu deux hommes pour les interroger. — Police detained two men for questioning.
Je ne vous retiendrai pas plus longtemps. — I won't detain you any longer.
Les policiers peuvent détenir un suspect jusqu'à vingt-quatre heures. — Officers may detain a suspect for up to twenty-four hours.
Désolé de vous retenir, mais j'ai une question. — Sorry to detain you, but I have one question.
Peuvent-ils le détenir sans avocat ? — Can they detain him without a lawyer?
La paperasse va-t-elle nous retenir encore longtemps ? — Will the paperwork detain us much longer?
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