DETAINER Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

detainer

noun

di-ˈtā-nər

Definition of detainer

as in detention

the state of being held in lawful custody keep him in detainer for at least 72 hours

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as in appropriation

the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority she filed an action for unlawful detainer of land after nonpayment of rent

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Recent Examples of detainer She is also accused of being in the country legally, and is being held in the Forsyth County Detention Center under a Department of Homeland Security Immigration detainer, officials said. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 19 June 2026 He was later released on bond and turned over to ICE in Hartford on a detainer. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026 On the day of his release, ProPublica found, Hernández had in place what’s known as an immigration detainer, a formal request for law enforcement agencies to hold noncitizens for pickup by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. — Keri Blakinger, ProPublica, 11 June 2026 This indicates that in more than half of the cases, individuals encountered by local police were subsequently subject to federal immigration holds or detainer requests following an arrest or stop. — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for detainer

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Noun

Rights groups have raised concerns about the treatment of migrants and asylum seekers in Tunisia since the EU agreement, including reports of collective expulsions, racial violence, arbitrary detention and abuses against Black migrants.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
Munsell was given 10 years for second-degree drug trafficking, five years for aggravated fleeing a stop or detention and five years for tampering with a motor vehicle, according to court records.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of detention

Noun

Shifting standards for originality Plagiarism can be defined as the appropriation of someone else’s words or ideas without acknowledgment or compensation.

— Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
The allegations include eight counts of grand theft by an employee and another eight for fraudulent appropriation.

— Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of appropriation

Noun

The charges follow last month’s announcement of Liberia’s largest-ever drug seizure — tons of cocaine worth about $336 million, which authorities said implicated senior police officials.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
The latest bust followed the seizure of more than 400 pounds of the substance at the airport last week.

— Renee Anderson, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Laws regarding incarceration of youthful offenders — age 25 or younger at the time of the crime — have evolved since the siblings were tried.

— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
His father, Michael Spitze, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison in May after admitting to trying to tamper with witnesses during his son’s incarceration.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of incarceration

Noun

Still, even with Ellison’s $111 billion WBD takeover plan under threat from a state attorneys general antitrust suit, $4 million and change is sofa detritus to the son of Larry Ellison.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026
Earlier this summer, New Translations were among the scene-stealers at a rock & roll takeover during CMA Fest in Nashville.

— Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of takeover

Noun

And with no serious domestic pressure to adopt more dovish policies, there is little standing in the way of Israel’s annexation of the West Bank and its complete destruction of Gaza.

— MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Hinojosa's organization is looking into possible legal action to prevent the annexation.

— August 17, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026

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