Detain characteristics

Detain verb means to deprive of freedom, take into confinement.

Explanation:

If you detain someone, you are stopping him from doing something; you are forbidding him to move on. It also means to be late, to wait, to get stuck.

There are many examples where detain can be included. One of them could be:

Police detained him in the office. He was illegally selling food on the market.