| hang up | |
| hangup(noun, check, delay, stay, wait) | |
| heat(noun, capture, apprehension, seizure, imprisonment) | |
| hinderance | |
| hindering | |
| hold-up(noun, check, delay, stay, wait) | |
| holding back(noun, expression, imprisonment, custody, confinement) | |
| holding pattern(noun, expression, check, delay, stay) | |
| holding pen(noun, expression, arrest, imprisonment, custody) | |
| hook(noun, arrest, capture, apprehension, seizure) | |
| house arrest | |
| house of correction(noun, expression, idiom, prison) | |
| impedance(support, check, delay, fight, opposition) | |
| impeding(support, fight, opposition, resistance, fighting) | |
| instruction(noun, check, curb, limit, restraint) | |
| insusceptibility(noun, resistance, impermeability, invulnerability) | |
| interception | |
| interdict(noun, check, curb, limit, restraint) | |
| interference | |
| interim |
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