in detention

idiom

: in a prison or similar place
Dozens of protesters were held/kept in detention for six hours.

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In a post on X Monday, Israel’s foreign ministry again denied that any of the flotilla participants had been mistreated in detention. Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025 Along with those from the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, these government employees were supposed to help immigration advocates like Whitlock handle the immediate needs of people in detention. Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025 While some have been released from custody, others have remained in detention for weeks or even months. Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025 Only Kordia — mischaracterized by the government, largely overlooked by the public and caught in a legal maze — languishes in detention. Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in detention

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“In detention.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20detention. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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