Turkish - English
Definition of alikoy in Turkish English dictionary
- detain
- Keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention
- {v} to hold in custody, stop, keep back
- {f} arrest, delay, confine
- Detention
- cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
- To put under custody
- When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control. The act allows police to detain a suspect for up to 48 hours
- To hold or keep in custody
- deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident
- stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"
- To keep back or from; to withhold
- To detain someone means to delay them, for example by talking to them. Thank you. We won't detain you any further