en:confine • constrain • hold • restrain^en

• v.
  ⦿to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
  lexical concept
• About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade
• The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center
• The terrorists held the journalists for ransom
• This holds the local until the express passengers change trains

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