escort hold
n.— «To get him to leave, Hyra gripped Abraha’s clothing at the shoulder with one hand and his wrist with another, a police technique known as the “escort hold,” he said.» —“Bloody ‘obstruction’ arrest leads to acquittal” by Eric Nalder Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Washington) Feb. 27, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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