incommunicado
in·com·mu·ni·ca·do
adv or adj \-ˌmyü-nə-ˈkä-(ˌ)dō\Definition of INCOMMUNICADO
: without means of communication
: in a situation or state not allowing communication <a prisoner held incommunicado> <remained incommunicado while working on her book>
See Origin of INCOMMUNICADO
Spanish incomunicado, from past participle of incomunicar to deprive of communication, from in- (from Latin) + comunicar to communicate, from Latin communicare
First Known Use: 1844
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