keep in custody

  • 1keep in custody — index confine, constrain (imprison), detain (hold in custody), enclose, immure, imprison Bu …

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  • 2keep in custody — keep imprisoned …

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  • 3keep — Synonyms and related words: POW camp, TLC, abide, abide by, abstain, accede to, accommodate, accommodation, accommodations, accumulate, acknowledge, acropolis, act up to, adhere to, administer Communion, afford, afford support, agree to, aliment …

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  • 4keep — vb 1 Keep, observe, celebrate, solemnize, commemorate are comparable when they mean to pay proper attention or honor to something prescribed, obligatory, or demanded (as by one s nationality, religion, or rank), but they vary widely in their… …

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  • 5keep — [kēp] vt. kept, keeping [ME kepen < OE cœpan, to behold, watch out for, lay hold of, akin to MLowG kapen, ON kopa, to stare at < ? IE base * ĝab , to look at or for] 1. to observe or pay regard to; specif., a) to observe with due or… …

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  • 6Keep — (k[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kept} (k[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Keeping}.] [OE. k[=e]pen, AS. c[=e]pan to keep, regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover, OE. copnien to desire.] 1. To care; to desire. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I… …

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  • 7Keep — Keep, n. 1. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Pan, thou god of shepherds all, Which of our tender lambkins takest keep. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being kept; hence, the… …

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  • 8keep in detention — index constrain (imprison), detain (hold in custody), immure, imprison, seclude Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William …

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  • 9keep under arrest — index contain (restrain), detain (hold in custody), immure, imprison Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 10keep under control — index check (restrain), confine, contain (restrain), control (restrain), detain (hold i …

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