留め置く

とめおく

Also written 止置く, 留置く, 止め置く

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (a letter) till called for

Kanji

• 留 stay. Read as とめる.
• 置 put. Read as おく.

Example sentences

• 何びとも奴隷の状態に留め置かれてはならない。
  No one shall be held in slavery.

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