pidättää

Etymology 1
From, equivalent to.

Verb

 * 1)  to hold back, restrain, hinder, curb; to suppress; to suspend; to retain
 * 2)  to delay, detain, slow down, hold up
 * 3)  to detain, apprehend, take into custody, put in detention, put under custody;  to arrest, place under arrest both in legal contexts and elsewhere; put in short-term detention due to reasonable suspicion of having committed a crime
 * 4)  to withhold, deduct advance taxes
 * 5)  to reserve a right
 * 6)  to absorb
 * 1)  to withhold, deduct advance taxes
 * 2)  to reserve a right
 * 3)  to absorb
 * 1)  to absorb
 * 1)  to absorb

Usage notes

 * and may sometimes be confused and used incorrectly synonymously in general language. However, in proper legal language,  means "to detain" (to take into custody for the first time if the subject is suspected of a crime), whereas  comes next and means "to arrest, (provisionally) imprison (for the time when the criminal investigation is conducted and the court has made a decision in the case)".