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Noun remand has 1 sense
- remand - the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)
--1 is a kind of return
Verb remand has 2 senses
- remit, remand, send back - refer (a matter or legal case) to another committe or authority or court for decision
--1 is one way to challenge
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand - lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
--2 is one way to confine, detain
Sample sentence:
They want to remand the prisoners
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