Detains is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 321 anagrams from letters in detains (adeinst).
1480-90; detainen Anglo-French, Old French detenir Vulgar Latin *dētenīre, for Latin dētinēre, equivalent to dē- de- + -tinēre, combining form of tenēre to hold
They will detain them and begin the process of removal—which is what federal law theoretically calls for in the first place.
Still, Israel is not the only country to detain refugee applicants.
They find a few ounces of meth in the car and detain him for twenty four hours.
"Don't let me detain you," said Halbert, with an elaborate share of politeness.
What he had to say therefore on the subject would not detain them long.
Mrs. Menotti tried to detain him; she could not understand what was amiss.
Then she withdrew her arms, and this time he did not try to detain her.
As everything was right, the ship did not detain us, and we were permitted to proceed.
Kadyrov had promised to detain Muslim women wearing veils that cover their faces.
Senator Marco Rubio asks "Why shouldn't we have a place to take people that we detain--like Guantanamo?"
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