Withholding vital information "from"
Hello, everyone,
While I have a single sentence quoted from Longman dictionary - “She was accused of withholding vital information from the police.”, which interpretation is correct in following two?;
1. She was accused of holding back vital information which was received from the police.
(= She was accused of refusing to give someone vital information which was received from the police.)
2. She was accused of holding back vital information against the police.
(= she tried to keep vital information against the police.)
(= she tried not to deliver vital information to the police.)
I think no.1 will be correct and the function of “from“ in ‘withholding something from someone’ is different from the ”from“ of following patterns – ‘stop, keep, prohibit ~ from ~ing’.
Would hope to hear from you,
Best RGDS,
Top answer
She had some important information. The police asked her for it. She refused to give it to them.
- She had some important information.
- The police asked her for it.
- She refused to give it to them.
- The police got a subpoena or search warrant to get it..
- She still refused to comply.
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She had some important information.
The police asked her for it.
She refused to give it to them.
The police got a subpoena or search warrant to get it..
She still refused to comply.
She was accused of that offense.
0Neither of your interpretations is correct.
deepcosmosthe function of “from“ in ‘withholding something from someone’ is different from the ”from“ of following patterns – ‘stop, keep, prohibit ~ from ~ing’.
No. It's the same basic idea. Withholding something from someone is stopping them (preventing them) fro
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