incommunicado
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- adjective
- /ˌɪnkəˌmjunɪˈkɑːdoʊ/
- Literature
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incomunicado
- After being arrested, he was held incommunicado for several days, unable to contact anyone.
- kept incommunicado
- held incommunicado
- incommunicado detention
And on that day that when the day Lehman went bust, I was on a plane incommunicado, I land.
- And on that day that when the day Lehman went bust, I was on a plane incommunicado, I land.
Examples
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Major Baker, arrest this man and hold him incommunicado for a week.
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This will take place through July, and we'll be pretty much incommunicado while we're up there.
Fiction book (1999) -
I am going on a cruise tomorrow and will be incommunicado for a few days.
Academic text (2001) -
His two years in Germany had been spent totally incommunicado.
Fiction book (1993) -
In a civil police inquiry, the accused can also be kept incommunicado for up to three days.
Academic text (1999) -
Captain Danko should remain incommunicado.
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Since then we've been kept incommunicado and surrounded by armed guards.
Fiction book (2002) -
Will they arrest and detain White House aides incommunicado and without access to counsel?
Academic text (2004) -
Vanunu, for instance, has been kept incommunicado and in solitary confinement.
Academic text (1996) -
The selected representatives are entrusted with crafting agreements and can be incommunicado with the outside world for the duration.
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Etymology
Incommunicado comes from Spanish incomunicado and the Latin root communicare, which means 'to share', with the start in- meaning 'not'. It uses the same root as communicate, so it literally means 'not able to share' and that's why it describes someone who cannot or is not allowed to talk to others.