pidättivät
Pidättivät is the third-person plural past tense form of the Finnish verb pidättää. The core meaning of pidättää is to detain, hold back, or in a legal and police context to arrest and take someone into custody. Therefore pidättivät is typically used to describe actions carried out by multiple subjects in the past, such as authorities detaining a suspect or individuals restraining someone or something.
In legal and news reporting, pidättivät is most often rendered in English as “detained” or “arrested.” For
Grammatically, pidättivät is the indicative mood, active voice, past tense, and third-person plural form. The present
Usage notes: pidättivät is a formal, neutral term suitable for official reporting and descriptive writing. Its