留とめ置おく

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

detain; keep; lock up; retain; leave for later pickup

Covers holding a person in custody, keeping an object in one's possession, or leaving something (like a letter) to be collected later. The specific meaning depends on context.

• 警けい察さつは容よう疑ぎ者しゃを留りゅう置ち場じょうに留とめ置おいた。

  The police detained the suspect in a holding cell.

• 大だい事じな書しょ類るいは金きん庫こに留とめ置おいてください。

  Please keep the important documents in the safe.

• 郵ゆう便びん局きょくに荷に物もつを留とめ置おいてもらった。

  I had the package held at the post office for pickup.