266 entries under noun topic. ×
| downtime(check, delay, stay, wait) | |
| drop(arrest, capture, apprehension, seizure) | |
| embargo(check, curb, limit, restraint) | |
| enslavement | |
| fall(arrest, capture, apprehension, seizure) | |
| fetters(check, curb, limit, restraint) | |
| filibuster(check, delay, stay, wait) | |
| gaff(arrest, capture, apprehension, seizure) | |
| glom(arrest, capture, apprehension, seizure) | |
| grab(arrest, capture, apprehension, seizure) | |
| handgrip | |
| hands | |
| hangup(check, delay, stay, wait) | |
| heat(capture, apprehension, seizure, imprisonment) | |
| hold-up(check, delay, stay, wait) | |
| holding back(expression, imprisonment, custody, confinement) | |
| holding pattern(expression, check, delay, stay) | |
| holding pen(expression, arrest, imprisonment, custody) | |
| hook(arrest, capture, apprehension, seizure) | |
| house of correction(expression, idiom, prison) |
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