English-Danish translations for detention

• anholdelse
  En simpel mistanke kan føre til anholdelse. A simple suspicion can result in detention.
  Der foregår dagligt vilkårlige anholdelser og tilbageholdelser. Arbitrary arrests and detentions are a daily occurrence.
  I et frit styre ville sådanne anholdelser ikke have fundet sted. In a free regime, such detentions would not have occurred.
• eftersidning
  Derfor bør vi alle - De og vi, Parlamentet - sige til medlemsstaterne: Eftersidning! That is why we - you as the Commission and we as Parliament - must all tell the Member States: detention time!
• tilbageholdelse
  Burma: Den fortsatte tilbageholdelse af politiske fanger Burma: continued detention of political prisoners
  Vi deler også bekymringerne over varigheden af tilbageholdelse. We also share the concerns on length of detention.
  For disse mænd er der tale om en vilkårlig tilbageholdelse. For those men, this is a case of arbitrary detention.
• varetægtsarrest
• varetægtsfængsel
  De kan tilbageholdes i varetægtsfængsel og derefter fængsles i to år. Denne fængsling kan forlænges ubegrænset. They can be held in detention and then imprisoned for two years, which can be extended indefinitely.

Definition of detention

• The act of detaining or the state of being detained
• The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession

Related words

• detention centre
• detention cell
• detention center
• detention as a hostage
• detention awaiting trial
• put in detention
• administrative detention
• youth detention centre
• mandatory detention