detainee
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6.8
- noun
- /ˌdiːtəˈniː/
- Literature
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detenido
- Sandile Thusi, a Durban detainee, was near death when released after 38 days without food.
- release of detainees
- rights of detainees
- detainees were held
But I don't know if you know that detainees are moved all over the country.
- But I don't know if you know that detainees are moved all over the country.
- We continued until the detainees were freed, at least temporarily.
- And I'm saying this because later on I learned that two detainees died.
- We just had this like massive firefight and we had, we had some detainees and me and a mate of mine had to take him up to Kabul.
- Why is it that we call Jews being held by Hamas hostages but Palestinians being held by Israel detainees?
- And so she sends me e-mail traffic of a name and a alphanumeric code that I recognized as a detainee number.
- I said at the time that I believe number one will happen, namely the exchange of hostages for detainees.
Examples
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Violations of the rights of detainees and prisoners remained widespread in the region.
Academic text (1990) -
Zimbabwe's last political detainee, in custody since September 1987, was released the day the emergency ended.
Academic text (1990) -
Nujoma has stated that the detainee issue is not an issue at all.
Academic text (1991) -
A high-value detainee was taken into custody last night.
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In those years, the detainees had no right of appeal to the courts.
Academic text (1997) -
The United States hit a low, as you probably know, in the treatment of detainees in Iraq.
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The DSS workers who traveled to Texas to interview detainees returned deeply affected by what they saw and experienced.
Academic text (2008) -
Furthermore, we find that pretrial detainees are more likely than similarly situated releasees to commit future crimes.
Academic text (2017) -
Most high-value Taliban detainees are held in U.S. detention facilities outside the control of the Afghan government.
Academic text (2012) -
The report warns that the health and safety of both detainees and border agents are at risk.
Synonyms
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1.1
A person kept locked because they broke the law or were captured during a war
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3.5
A person kept in a prison, hospital, or similar place
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4.2
A person put in jail for their political beliefs or actions
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6.5
A person who police take to a station because they may have broken the law
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9.0
A person who is held in a camp without trial during a war, often for political reasons
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7.7
A person who authorities hold because of political beliefs or actions
Compounds
How Restricted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word detainee comes from the verb detain, which is made of de- and tain meaning 'to hold'. So a detainee is someone who is 'held' in custody.