DETAINERS Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

detainers

noun

plural of detainer

as in detentions

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

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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

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Noun

His protests and hunger strikes were a source of frustration to officials and led to multiple detentions.

— Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Iran did not immediately acknowledge the release, and her case was not publicly known, as sometimes happens with detentions in the Islamic Republic.

— Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of detentions

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But even if Congress retains this provision, the Pentagon’s framework agreements to boost weapons production likely require lawmakers to approve additional military spending outside of regular appropriations.

— Julia Gledhill, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Welch stripped Crespo of his title as chair of the appropriations committee and the staffers that come with that.

— Chris Tye, CBS News, 29 July 2026

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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

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In the absence of timely intervention, preeclampsia symptoms can rapidly escalate, with brain hemorrhages, cardiac events, organ damage and seizures.

— Carina Heckert, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
Blackouts and seizures, tremors that became full-body shakes, stabbing chest pains.

— Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 30 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

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Unbridled spending at a level that blows competitors out of the water, as Chelsea and Manchester City did after takeovers by Roman Abramovich and Sheikh Mansour respectively in the 2000s, is simply not possible in the era of financial regulation.

— Oliver Kay, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Advertisement Some of the lean staffing can likely be attributed to the wave of private equity takeovers of hospitals in recent years.

— Alana Semuels, Time, 30 July 2026

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