detainers

noun

plural of detainer
1
as in detentions
the state of being held in lawful custody keep him in detainer for at least 72 hours

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2
as in appropriations
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 detainers At issue in the case was the Boston Trust Act, which prohibits Boston Police and other city departments from cooperating with ICE on civil immigration detainers. — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 28 May 2026 Clifford said the program will streamline placing detainers on people already in custody at the jail. — Chadd Cripe. Produced With Ai Assistance, Idaho Statesman, 26 May 2026 From July 2024 to June 2025, the NYPD received 3,672 requests for civil immigration detainers, up from just 99 detainer requests from the same time period a year prior. — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026 Garcia Martinez was processed for federal immigration law violations and transported to a detention facility with detainers to ensure extradition to New York after final adjudication of the immigration violations, CBP said. — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026 The sheriff’s department has to honor ICE detainers, under state law, or the county could be sued, Gore said. — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026 Immigration detainers are requests for state or local law enforcement agencies to hold a person in criminal custody and to notify ICE before their release. — Liz Teitz, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Apr. 2026 According to the lawsuit, Connecticut has honored less than 20% of the civil immigration detainers issued by the federal government since 2020. — Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2026 Afterward, Moore issued three directives clarifying that state and local agencies may still cooperate with ICE on criminal matters and immigration detainers. — Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detainers
  1. detentions
  2. appropriations
  3. incarcerations
  4. seizures
  5. imprisonments
  6. takeovers
  7. annexations
Noun
  • As the detentions accelerated, United We Dream began tracking them.
    — Lauren Villagran, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
  • In a statement on Thursday, Human Rights Watch also criticized the detentions and urged NATO to ensure that basic democratic rights are respected during the summit.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 June 2026
Definition of detentions
Noun
  • McConnell questioned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the funding request during Senate hearings in May, saying that Pentagon budget items should not be separated out from the annual defense appropriations bill.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 8 July 2026
  • It is expected to be heard in the Senate’s appropriations committee next month.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Definition of appropriations
Noun
  • One 2025 study found that these waivers may be tied to fewer hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and incarcerations among adults with serious mental illness.
    — Helen Santoro, Denver Post, 29 June 2026
  • Despite their felony convictions and impending incarcerations, both former Met police career criminals continue to collect their monthly kisses in the mail — $8,850 a month for Cederquist and $6,020 for Butner.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
Definition of incarcerations
Noun
  • Allen scored the Emmy nomination for outstanding guest actress in a drama series for her role as Roxie Hamler, a terminally ill cancer patient who arrives at the emergency room after breaking her leg and suffering from seizures.
    — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
  • Those arguments largely resonated with judge Stephen Lau, who said that six or seven days’ notice to move all of Williams’ belongings was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of seizures
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  • More people know about arbitrary arrests and imprisonments.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 30 May 2026
  • Darling pointed to recent high profile imprisonments of Baha’i cousins Peyvand Naimi and Borna Naimi, who have undergone torture to force confessions and face possible death sentences.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2026
Definition of imprisonments
Noun
  • Unlike some of the policy wonks and academics who opine about teen takeovers, Johnson has dealt directly with these kids.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
  • Christopher Ruszkowski, a former secretary of education for New Mexico who is now overseeing the state of Texas’ takeovers of a large school district and charter school network.
    — Austin Horn July 8, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026
Definition of takeovers
Noun
  • But county commissioners voted in February to put a moratorium on annexations and incorporations for at least five years to give the county time to assess the fiscal impact of future annexation and incorporations.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
Definition of annexations

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“Detainers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detainers. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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