detain (v.)

• apprehend
• arrest
• backpedal
• block
• brake
• bust
• buttonhole
• cage
• check
• cloister
• confine
• constrain
• coop
• countercheck
• crib
• curb
• damp
• dampen
• decelerate
• delay
• drag
• enclose
• hinder
• hold
• immure
• impede
• impound
• inhibit
• intercept
• interfere
• interrupt
• intervene
• keep
• lag
• meddle
• mew
• mire
• moderate
• nab
• obstruct
• oppose
• pen
• pinch
• pound
• reef
• relax
• repress
• reserve
• resist
• restrain
• restrict
• retain
• retard
• scotch
• shackle
• slacken
• slow
• snub
• stay
• stop
• suppress
• withhold