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27 entries under expression topic. ×
| durance vile(idiom, restraint) | |
| booby trap(noun, capture, apprehension, seizure) | |
| holding back(imprisonment, custody, confinement) | |
| holding pen(imprisonment, custody, confinement) | |
| keeping in(imprisonment, custody, confinement) | |
| locking up(verb, phrasal verb, imprisonment, custody) | |
| pick up(noun, arrest, capture, apprehension) | |
| preventive custody(noun, capture, apprehension, seizure) | |
| protective custody(noun, capture, apprehension, seizure) | |
| pull in(noun, capture, apprehension, seizure) | |
| run in(noun, arrest, capture, apprehension) | |
| term of imprisonment | |
| time up the river(idiom, imprisonment, custody, confinement) | |
| committal to custody(noun, idiom, custody, prison) | |
| confinement in jail | |
| forceful holding(noun, arrest, apprehension, seizure) | |
| forcible detention(noun, custody, prison, confinement) | |
| hit the jackpot(noun, idiom, arrest, apprehension) | |
| knock off(noun, arrest, apprehension, seizure) | |
| laying hold of(noun, idiom, arrest, apprehension) |
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