Synonyms of detainee

detainee

noun

as in defendant

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defendant
• arrestee
• offender
• suspect
• fish
• criminal
• culprit
• accomplice
• lawbreaker
• accused
• principal
• convict
• misdemeanant
• malefactor
• miscreant
• crook
• perpetrator
• outlaw
• perp
• desperado
• jailbird
• trespasser
• sinner
• wrongdoer
• thug
• villain
• transgressor
• gangster
• hoodlum
• mobster
• racketeer
• hooligan
• evildoer
• misdoer
• gallows bird
• button man
• misfeasor
• blackhander

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lawman
• gangbuster

Examples of detainee in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Neighboring rooms would be used to handle detainees, while the hotel’s kitchen was placed on call to begin producing meals for the prisoners. —Sasha Issenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024

Before the plea deals, the court was engaged in a multiyear examination of whether the case was tainted by the torture of the detainees in CIA custody and by secret collaboration between the CIA and FBI in gathering evidence. —Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 8 Aug. 2024

After Israeli authorities arrested soldiers accused of torturing Palestinian detainees at the Sde Teiman military base, far-right demonstrators stormed the base to try and free them by force. —Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 4 Oct. 2024

Even worse, the UAE and its Yemeni allies ran a series of secret prisons in southern Yemen where detainees were routinely tortured. —William Hartung, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024