[mass noun](Law)the action of detaining or withholding property (律)扣留财产;拒交财产 ■the detention of a person in custody (对在押候审者的)拘留 ■an order authorizing the continued detention of a person in custody 继续拘留状
(chiefly Law)a person who detains someone or something (主律)拘留者;扣押者
语源
early 17th cent.: from Anglo-Norman French detener 'detain' (used as a noun), variant of Old French detenir (see detain)