Arrested vs. Detained — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Arrested and Detained
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Arrested
To stop; check
A brake that automatically arrests motion.
Arrested the growth of the tumor.
Detained
To keep from proceeding; delay or retard
Our friends were detained by heavy traffic.
Arrested
To seize and hold under the authority of law.
Detained
To keep in custody or confinement
The police detained several suspects for questioning.
Arrested
To capture and hold briefly (the attention, for example); engage.
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Detained
(Archaic) To retain or withhold (payment or property, for example).
Arrested
To undergo cardiac arrest
The patient arrested en route to the hospital.
Detained
Simple past tense and past participle of detain
Arrested
The act of detaining in legal custody
The arrest of a criminal suspect.
Arrested
The state of being so detained
A suspect under arrest.
Arrested
A device for stopping motion, especially of a moving part.
Arrested
The act of stopping or the condition of being stopped.
Arrested
Simple past tense and past participle of arrest
Arrested
Having been stopped or prevented from developing; terminated prematurely.
Arrested
Having been placed under arrest, or having been charged with a crime.
Arrested
Having development checked or reversed;
Arrested tuberculosis
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