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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| detention | x/x | Noun, Noun |
| prisoner | /xx | Noun |
| inmate | /x | Noun |
| interrogators | x/xxx | Noun |
| torture | /x | Noun |
| arrestee | x/x | Noun |
| combatant | x/x | Noun |
| confinement | x/x | Noun |
| guantanamo | x/xx | Name |
| soldier | /x | Noun |
| captor | /x | Noun |
| protester | /xx | Noun |
| deportation | xx/x | Noun |
| captive | /x | Noun |
| pretrial | x/x | Adjective |
| worker | /x | Noun |
| habeas | /xx | Noun |
| correctional | x/xx | Name |
| custody | /xx | Noun |
| extradition | xx/x | Noun |
| detainer | x/x | Noun |
| prison | /x | Noun |
| terrorist | /xx | Adjective |
| occupier | /xxx | Noun |
| informant | x/x | Noun |
| handcuffed | /x | Verb |
| jailers | /x | Noun |
| officer | /xx | Noun |
| incarceration | xxx/x | Noun |
| repatriation | xxx/x | Noun |
| occupant | /xx | Noun |
| refugee | /xx | Noun |
| offender | x/x | Noun |
| guards | / | Noun |
| defendant | x/x | Noun |
| brig | / | Noun |
| civilian | x/x | Adjective |
| examinee | x/xx | Noun |
| prisoner at large | /xx// | Phrase, Noun |
| container | x/x | Noun |
| hostage | /x | Noun |
| retainer | x/x | Noun |
| criminal | /xx | Noun |
| custodian | x/xx | Noun |
| suspect | x/ | Noun |
| bailee | /x | Noun |
| captive audience | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| trusty | /x | Noun |
| parolee | xx/ | Noun |
| warder | /x | Noun |
| convict | /x | Noun |
| inhabitant | x/xx | Noun |
| sojourner | /xx | Noun |
| trainee | // | Noun |
| culprit | /x | Noun |
| displaced person | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| transferee | /x/ | Noun |
| receptor | x/x | Noun |
| holder | /x | Noun |
| accused | x/ | Verb |
| rescue | /x | Noun |
| felon | /x | Noun |
| escape | x/ | Noun |
| probationer | x/xx | Noun |
| intruder | x/x | Noun |
| young offender | /x/x | Name, Name |
| material witness | x/xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| person of interest | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| wound | / | Noun |
| release | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| interview | /xx | Noun |
| iraqi | x/x | Adjective |
| naked | /x | Adjective |
| palestinian | xx/xx | Adjective |
| former | /x | Adjective |
| behalf | x/ | Noun |
| injured | /x | Verb |
| inform | x/ | Verb |
| entitled | x/x | Verb |
| right | / | Noun |
| political | x/xx | Adjective |
| female | /x | Adjective |
| death | / | Noun |
| administrative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| access | /x | Noun |
| allowed | x/ | Verb |
| status | /x | Noun |
| case | / | Noun |
| told | / | Verb |
| treatment | /x | Noun |
| charged | / | Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| held | / | Verb |
| male | / | Adjective |
| named | / | Verb |
| forced | / | Verb |
| apprehended | xx/x | Adjective |
| baked | / | Adjective |
| cadet | x/ | Noun |
| camp | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| captured | /x | Adjective |
| careful | /x | Adjective |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| cop | / | Noun, Verb |
| detailed | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| employee | x/x | Noun |
| halted | /x | Verb |
| imprisoned | x/x | Verb |
| incumbent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| individual | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| interlocutor | xx/xx | Noun |
| internal | x/x | Adjective |
| interviewee | xxx/ | Noun |
| jail | / | Noun, Verb |
| owned | / | Adjective |
| participant | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| person | /x | Noun, Verb |
| principal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| prostitute | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| stalled | / | Adjective |
| star | / | Noun, Verb |
| stationary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| stopped | / | Adjective |
| stranded | /x | Adjective |
| striker | /x | Noun |
| stuck | / | Adjective, Noun |
| student | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| thorough | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
