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noun

plural of remand
as in restraints

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verb

present tense third-person singular of remand
as in detains

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  1. restraints
  2. detains
  3. arrests
  4. imprisons
  5. incarcerations
  6. incarcerates
  7. detentions
  8. confines
Noun
  • State police said during the transport, the prisoner freed himself from his restraints and jumped out of the moving vehicle and fled north across the highway into a brush line.
    — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The shipping logjam at the canal continues to pile up, with the new restraints compounding prior traffic increases stemming from the disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of restraints
Verb
  • The Midwest Regional Reception Center detains close to 500 fathers, mothers, spouses, cousins and friends on behalf of ICE.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The policy guidance applies to agents under Enforcement and Removal Operations, the branch of ICE that detains and ultimately deports undocumented immigrants.
    — Philip Wang, Time, 14 July 2026
Definition of detains
Noun
  • The league could perhaps benefit from such messaging in its stadiums and on its helmets because DUI arrests or other traffic incidents involving NFL people are not uncommon.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • There’s no indication that any report from Loomer had a connection to his arrest, which came at a time when ICE arrests have been happening more frequently at US airports.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of arrests
Verb
  • The King imprisons the miller’s daughter in a room and orders her to prove her magical ability under pain of death.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
  • County leaders vowed to legally oppose the facility, pointing to county zoning laws that do not allow for detention centers or any type of facility that holds or imprisons people on county land.
    — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
Definition of imprisons
Noun
  • Part of the Measure J mandate passed by voters in 2020 is to reduce incarcerations by adding more interdictions by substance abuse and mental health counselors, when there’s no weapon involved or violent threat.
    — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • One 2025 study found that these waivers may be tied to fewer hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and incarcerations among adults with serious mental illness.
    — Helen Santoro, Denver Post, 29 June 2026
Definition of incarcerations
Verb
  • Today, Rikers incarcerates approximately sixty-seven hundred people—most of whom are in pretrial detention, others who are serving terms of less than a year—in facilities that are within New York City while also being out of sight and largely out of reach.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
Definition of incarcerates
Noun
  • Among the detentions are more than 7,000 arrests in Florida and 500 in Ohio, two states with populations of Haitians who previously had TPS.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
  • In 2025, the total jumped to at least 39 arrests, and that number is dwarfed by at least 77 detentions at airports just in July of 2026.
    — Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of detentions
Verb
  • Places like Los Angeles and Oakland have high permit fees and strict zoning that often confines cans to industrial areas.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 9 Feb. 2026
  • In an industry that often confines its actors, especially women and especially Black women, Hall continues to carve a path defined by risk, depth and courage.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
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“Remands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remands. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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