0 to force someone officially to stay in a place:
A suspect has been detained by the police for questioning.
I'm sorry I'm late - I was unavoidably detained.
1 to force someone officially to stay in a place:
Following this, a large number of people were detained in barbed wire compounds.
Another 308 were detained, and twenty-one were arrested, some of whom were later tried in courts and were likely to be sentenced to jail.
