detainer
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9.3
- noun
- /dɪˈteɪnər/
- Formal
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orden de retención
- The policeman ran a computer check on him and found there was a "detainer" on John, that he was wanted by the police.
- ICE detainer
- immigration detainer
- issue a detainer
Examples
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The U.S. Attorney filed a detainer under IADA to obtain temporary custody of Pleau.
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The judge issued a detainer to keep the suspect in custody until the trial date.
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And the Bureau's put a detainer on him.
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Is it really just because an immigration detainer has been filed that the length of stay for these inmates is 20.6 days longer?
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Take three months of inmate figures, calculate the detention length of aliens with detainers.
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Ernesto Galarza, the plaintiff in the case, alleged that after he was arrested in November of 2008 on drug-related criminal charges, law enforcement officials in Allentown, Pennsylvania, as well as federal ICE agents, prevented him from bonding out of state custody by filing an immigration "detainer" against him.
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Due to the detainer placed on him, he could not be released from jail.
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She had a legal detainer that prevented her from leaving the facility until further notice.
Synonyms
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3.5
An official instruction from a court telling someone to do or stop doing something
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3.8
A paper from a judge that lets police take a person to a station and bring them to court
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8.6
An order by police to find and take a person into custody
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Detainer comes from Latin de- and tenere, where tenere means 'to hold', and it is the same root in detain and retain. So a detainer can be an order that tells officials to hold someone in custody and prevent their release.