detainer in English
noun
1
the action of detaining or withholding property.
The creditor later secured a judgment against the bankrupt for the unlawful detainer of the property so purchased.
2
a person who detains someone or something.
The detainee and the detainer , they cannot deny their common past which they spent in the same boat.
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1. Synonyms for Commandeering include appropriation, arrogation, detainer, expropriation, preemption, seizure, takeover, usurpation, acquisition and annexing
2. A detainer vertically adjustable in height near one end of the rod receives and positions the user's ankles.