detainee
detainee
Definition
de·tain·ee (dē′tān ē′)
noun
a person held in custody, usually for political reasons
detainee
Usage Examples
Preposition: on
- strike: So we've decided to die with hunger " - Patrick, a detainee on hunger strike.
Adjective modifier
- Afghan: As for having sympathy with the three Britons who were found among the Afghan detainees.
- Iraqi: The third case involved a soldier who killed an Iraqi detainee in September 2003.
- fellow: He said a fellow detainee taken to " Secure " had been coughing up blood, and alleges he was denied his medication.
- remaining: The remaining British detainees should be immediately returned to the United Kingdom.
- former: Former detainees also gave live testimonies of their own experiences in detention.
- British: The transfer of all British detainees to the UK had been secured.
Converse of object
- bribe: They also used vouchers to try to bribe detainees to disclose the names of the people who organized the strike.
- torture: The most specific evidence against him came from a detainee apparently tortured in Algeria.
- hold: He also backed Lord Ahmed's call for the detainees held in Britain to be released at the same time.
- prevent: Security guards also prevented detainees from accessing the center's exercise yard and didn't even allow them to approach the windows.
- arrest: They had arrested the detainee, not for any offense but under the Mental Health Act.
- release: Please call on the US government to release all detainees.
Noun used with modifier
- immigration: The whole system has been designed to strip immigration detainees of humanity.
- asylum: He is the President of the British Zimbabwe Society and a trustee of the Oxford based asylum detainee support group of Asylum Welcome.
Possessives
- consent: With the detainee's consent, visitors may notify the duty officer that the detainee wishes to make a complaint.
Preposition: in
- custody: There are only approximately 520 detainees in custody in Guantanamo.
- prison: There are an estimated 65.000 TADA detainees in Indian prisons.
Preposition: with
- voucher: Meanwhile GEO have been bribing detainees with vouchers to try and break the strike.
Modifies a noun
- abuse: The coalition takes all reports of detainee abuse seriously, and all allegations of mistreatment are investigated.
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