detinue

Meaning of detinue

noun

the crime of wrongful detention of goods or personal possessions (replaced in the UK by the tort of wrongful interference of goods).

late Middle English: from Old French detenue, past participle (used as a noun) of detenir ‘detain’.

Information about detinue

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of detinue is: detinues.
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Hyphenation of detinue

det-inue

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • detinue is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with detinue

diminue, continue, discontinue, prediscontinue, recontinue, retinue

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