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detainee

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de·tain·ee  (dt-n, d-t-)
n.
A person held in custody or confinement: a political detainee.
A term used to refer to any person captured or otherwise detained by an armed force.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.detainee - some held in custody
political detainee
captive, prisoner - a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
detainee
noun prisoner, captive, hostage, internee The detainee was held without charge.
Translations
detainee [ˌdiːteɪˈniː] N → detenido/a m/f
detainee [ˌdiːteɪˈniː] n → détenu(e) m/f
detainee
n → Häftling m
detainee [ˌdiːteɪˈniː] n → detenuto/a
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Where, for the first time in many revolving years, the overwhelming pressure of pecuniary liabilities was not proclaimed, from day to day, by importune voices declining to vacate the passage; where there was no knocker on the door for any creditor to appeal to; where personal service of process was not required, and detainees were merely lodged at the gate
David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context
He was a partner in a house in some large way--spirits, or buttons, or wine, or blacking, or oatmeal, or woollen, or pork, or hooks and eyes, or iron, or treacle, or shoes, or something or other that was wanted for troops, or seamen, or somebody--and the house burst, and we being among the creditors, detainees were lodged on the part of the Crown in a scientific manner, and all the rest Of it.
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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