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detainer
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of DETAINER
1
the state of being held in lawful custody <keep him in detainer for at least 72 hours>
Related Words captivity, confinement, internment; apprehension, arrest, arrestment, bust [slang], collar, pinch; capture, entrapment, seizure; enchainment, restraint
2
the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority <she filed an action for unlawful detainer of land after nonpayment of rent>
Synonyms arrogation, commandeering, detainer, expropriation, preemption, seizure, takeover, usurpation
Related Words annexation, assumption, attachment, confiscation, grab, impoundment, repossession, sequestration; defalcation, embezzlement, misapplication, misappropriation, misuse, peculation, theft; despoilment, looting, pillaging; encroachment, infringement, piracy; invasion, occupancy, occupation, preoccupancy, trespass; deforcement, disfurnishment, dispossession, ejection, stripping
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