detainee
noun
de·tain·ee
di-ˌtā-ˈnē 
ˌdē-
: a person held in custody especially for political reasons
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Advertisement Human Rights Watch says El-Sissi’s administration has released hundreds of detainees but has arrested many more, and that thousands journalists, activists and others are still behind bars.
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Courtney Bonnell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
In the old jail, there were two to three visiting rooms for detainees to meet with their attorneys on every floor, Brown and Diallo said.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2024
Other modifications include the creation of a checkpoint for unarmed residents returning to northern Gaza, a specific list of hostages who will be freed instead of general parameters, and a stipulation that the Palestinian detainees released in the deal be released abroad, and not in Gaza.
—Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Sep. 2024
More than 200 other detainees escaped from the same prison in 2022 after seizing weapons from the facility’s armory.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
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Courtney Bonnell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
In the old jail, there were two to three visiting rooms for detainees to meet with their attorneys on every floor, Brown and Diallo said.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2024
Other modifications include the creation of a checkpoint for unarmed residents returning to northern Gaza, a specific list of hostages who will be freed instead of general parameters, and a stipulation that the Palestinian detainees released in the deal be released abroad, and not in Gaza.
—Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Sep. 2024
More than 200 other detainees escaped from the same prison in 2022 after seizing weapons from the facility’s armory.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
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detainee
noun
de·tain·ee
di-ˌtā-ˈnē
: a person who is detained
especially
: a person held in custody prior to trial or hearing
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