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detainee

[ dih-tey-nee, dee-tey-nee ]

noun

  1. a person held in custody, especially for a political offense or for questioning.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of detainee1

First recorded in 1925–30; detain + -ee

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Example Sentences

In 2013, with a similar-size budget but more detainees, the cost worked out to about $2.7 million per detainee.

His claim that taxpayers are spending millions of dollars for each detainee rates True.

In November 2002, a detainee who had been held partially nude and chained to the floor died, apparently from hypothermia.

During one session, detainee Abu Zubaydah became “completely unresponsive with bubbles rising through his open full mouth.”

One detainee was bent over for a rectal feeding that involved Ensure, the protein shake.

Whether this object has been attained or not is judged by the life and habits of the detainee on discharge.

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