拘こう置ち

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拘置する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	拘こう置ちする	拘こう置ちしない
Polite	拘こう置ちします	拘こう置ちしません
Past polite	拘こう置ちしました	拘こう置ちしませんでした
Past	拘こう置ちした	拘こう置ちしなかった
Te-form	拘こう置ちして	拘こう置ちしないで
Desire	拘こう置ちしたい	拘こう置ちしたくない
Potential	拘こう置ちできる	拘こう置ちできない
Passive	拘こう置ちされる	拘こう置ちされない
Causative	拘こう置ちさせる	拘こう置ちさせない
Causative passive	拘こう置ちさせられる	拘こう置ちさせられない
Volitional	拘こう置ちしよう
Polite volitional	拘こう置ちしましょう
Imperative	拘こう置ちしろ	拘こう置ちするな
Conditional	拘こう置ちすれば	拘こう置ちしなければ
Tara conditional	拘こう置ちしたら	拘こう置ちしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

detention; confinement; arrest

Legal term for holding a suspect or defendant in custody, often before trial. Used in compounds like 拘置所 (detention center).

容よう疑ぎ者しゃは警けい察さつに拘こう置ちされた。
The suspect was detained by the police.
彼かれは拘こう置ち所しょに移い送そうされた。
He was transferred to the detention center.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を拘こう置ちするto detain someone in custody
警けい察さつは容よう疑ぎ者しゃを拘こう置ちした。
The police detained the suspect in custody.
拘こう置ち所しょに収しゅう容ようされるto be held in a detention center
彼かれは判はん決けつが出でるまで拘こう置ち所しょに収しゅう容ようされた。
He was held in a detention center until the verdict was announced.

Kanji

拘arrest, seize, concerned
置placement, put, set

Related words· 6

拘こう留りゅう
拘留 is a short-term penal detention imposed as a punishment after conviction, while 拘置 refers to holding a suspect or defendant in custody before or during trial.
勾こう留りゅう
勾留 is the precise legal procedure for detaining a suspect or defendant during investigation or trial, whereas 拘置 more broadly describes the state of being confined, often at a 拘置所.
拘こう禁きん
拘禁 is a general term for confining or restraining someone (including outside criminal contexts), while 拘置 specifically refers to legal pre-trial detention.
逮たい捕ほN3
逮捕 is the act of arresting a person, while 拘置 refers to the subsequent detention that follows the arrest.

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留りゅう置ち
拘置 is the more formal term for confinement in a detention house after formal charges, while 留置 usually refers to police custody during the investigation stage.
収しゅう容ようN1
拘置 is the specific legal term for detaining a suspect before trial, while 収容 is a general word for confining people in any kind of facility.

Opposites

釈しゃく放ほうN1
釈放 means to release someone from custody, the direct opposite of 拘置, which means to keep them detained.

Word family

拘こう置ち所しょ
detention center; jail; prison
拘こう置ち支し所しょ
branch detention house

Etymology

Compound of 拘 (bind, restrain) and 置 (put, place), literally 'to put under restraint'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with legal detention.