detention
155
3.9
- noun
- /dɪˈtɛnʃən/
:
detención
- They're holding him at a detention facility on Liberty Island.
- juvenile detention
- detention center
- detention facility
After four months being in detention, I met Doreen.
- After four months being in detention, I met Doreen.
- The feds meet them at the gate and they go straight to detention.
- I mean, wherever you stand on this issue, child detainment, child detainment, child detention should be a red line, right?
- No one's above the law, but we've seen people locked up for years for much less and we've seen people in pretrial detention for non violence charges.
- But now you're free to say Merry Christmas to all you unless you're a migrant child in detention.
- So border guards have discretion as to whether to allow your council to see when you're in border detention.
- Be it never once, you know, granting release to any Palestinian who was held in administrative detention without charge or trial.
- So we've seen whole families, grandmothers, parents, children of the people who they are after be arrested and taken into detention.
- I had come up through proof school, borstal detention, prison and everything else.
- And trust me, detention centre in those days was tough.
- But yeah, we filmed up in Mira Loma State detention facility up in Lancaster.
- One out of three Latino registered voters knows someone who's been subjected to detention or deportation proceedings.
- He has a pretty strong criminal justice reform, wants to end private prisons and detention centers, end cash bail.
- CIA is an intelligence agency, and it shouldn't be running detention centers.
- Imagine your Border Protection agency on your southern border is tied up guarding detention centers.
Examples
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This is the detention center of the Fushun Bureau of public security.
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We know that this Government detains children in detention centres here in the UK.
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And trust me, detention centre in those days was tough.
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It's a juvenile detention center.
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After four months being in detention, I met Doreen.
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Within days, the military begins to construct large detention centers around the country.
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Dozens were held in prolonged US immigration detention for one to three years.
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I therefore make an order for your detention... in a secure unit for the criminally insane.
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Sister Clement and I sang at the New Orleans Juvenile Detention Center.
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After receiving poor grades in class, he was given a Saturday detention to complete his assignments.
Synonyms
370
3.9
Being held by the police after an arrest
223
5.6
A place or situation that makes someone feel trapped
102
3.7
A state of being kept somewhere and not allowed to leave
88
4.0
Being kept in prison as a punishment by law
85
8.0
Being kept in prison as punishment
80
5.9
A state of being kept in a small closed space and unable to move freely
40
5.5
A small room in a police station where police keep people temporarily
36
4.6
A place where people are kept for a short time, like prisoners or migrants, while their case is decided
33
4.1
A secure room in a police station where people wait briefly before going to court
15
8.6
Confinement of people in camps during war, often without a trial
15
6.3
A locked place where young people who break the law are kept
10
4.2
A building like a prison where people are kept as punishment and given training
7
6.7
Being held by police or officials for a short time
2
4.4
A large room in a jail or police station where officers keep several people for a short time
2
3.2
A place where refugees or migrants are kept temporarily while officials decide if they can enter the country
2
4.9
A place where people who broke the law are kept as punishment or while they wait for trial
1
6.5
A place where young people who have broken the law stay temporarily under court supervision
1
7.7
A place where young people who broke the law are kept by the court for a short time
1
9.9
Shutting someone inside walls so they cannot leave
A time when someone is kept as a prisoner and not free
A place where authorities keep young people for a short time after breaking the law
Antonyms
Compounds
36
4.6
A place where people are kept for a short time, like prisoners or migrants, while their case is decided
2
4.4
A large room in a jail or police station where officers keep several people for a short time
2
3.2
A place where refugees or migrants are kept temporarily while officials decide if they can enter the country
1
6.5
A place where young people who have broken the law stay temporarily under court supervision
- Formal
1
7.7
A place where young people who broke the law are kept by the court for a short time
1
6.2
A place where young people who broke the law stay temporarily under court care
- Specialized
A built area that holds rainwater from storms briefly and releases it slowly to reduce flooding downstream
A place where authorities keep young people for a short time after breaking the law
How Restrictive
- Formal
15
4.7
- Formal
88
4.0
- Specialized
370
3.9
155
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word detention comes from Latin parts de- 'away' and tenere 'to hold', the same root as detain. So being in detention means being 'held' or kept in one place, for example while waiting for a decision.