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incommunicado

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in·com·mu·ni·ca·do  (nk-myn-käd)
adv. & adj.
Without the means or right of communicating with others: a prisoner held incommunicado; incommunicado political detainees.

[Spanish incomunicado, past participle of incomunicar, to deny communication : in-, not (from Latin; see in-1) + comunicar, to communicate (from Latin commnicre; see communicate).]

incommunicado [ˌɪnkəˌmjuːnɪˈkɑːdəʊ]
adv & adj
(postpositive) deprived of communication with other people, as while in solitary confinement
[from Spanish incomunicado, from incomunicar to deprive of communication; see in-1, communicate]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.incommunicado - without the means or right to communicate; "a prisoner held incommunicado"; "incommunicado political detainees"
incommunicative, uncommunicative - not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions
Translations
incommunicado [ˌɪnkəmjʊnɪˈkɑːdəʊ] ADJincomunicado
to hold sb incommunicadomantener incomunicado a algn
incommunicado [ˌɪnkəmjuːnɪˈkɑːdəʊ] adj
to be kept incommunicado → être tenu(e) au secret
incommunicado
adj predohne jede Verbindung zur Außenwelt, abgesondert; he was held incommunicadoer hatte keinerlei Verbindung zur Außenwelt; to be incommunicado (fig)für niemanden zu sprechen sein
incommunicado [ˌɪnkəˌmjuːnɪˈkɑːdəʊ] adj to hold sb incommunicadotenere segregato/a qn
incommunicado [ˌɪnkəˌmjuːnɪˈkɑːdəʊ] adj to hold sb incommunicadotenere segregato/a qn


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based coordinators for the underground groups were rounded up by the CIA just before the invasion and then held incommunicado until the invasion had failed.
A parent can send a child to a private program where he can be held incommunicado until he turns 18, without any medical diagnosis or rationale for the treatment and without any oversight or means of appeal.
Supreme Court noted that the difficulty in depicting what transpires during interrogations is based on the fact that "they have largely taken place incommunicado.
 
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