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incommunicado Definition

☆ in·com·mu·ni·cado (in′kə myo̵̅o̅′ni kä′dō)

adjective, adverb

  1. without a means of communicating
  2. in isolation or seclusion a prisoner held incommunicado, a celebrity living incommunicado
  3. not willing to communicate with others

Etymology: Sp incomunicado < pp. of incomunicar, to isolate, cut off from communication < in- (< L in-, in-) + comunicar < L communicare, to communicate

incommunicado Synonyms

incommunicado

modif.

sequestered, in retreat, secluded, silenced; see hidden 2, isolated, silenced.

incommunicado Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • detention: After a week in incommunicado detention he was taken to the airport and summarily expelled from the country to Belgium on 15 June.