detention
Example Sentences
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Two suspects will be taken for questioning and a court hearing could take place on Sunday to determine their pretrial detention, Kommersant reported.
From BBC
Stein pointed to last month's detention hearing, which he said "exposed fatal weaknesses in the State's evidence - gaps that no amount of charging decisions can cure".
From BBC
Kiana Kasiri, who is part of a loose network of Iranian doctors abroad, said her group has documented the detention of more than 30 medical workers accused of treating protesters.
Le was on loan from Immigration and Customs Enforcement to help the Minneapolis U.S. attorney’s office wade through a deluge of cases brought by immigrants challenging the legality of their detentions.
The pressures have been particularly acute at Target, a national name and one of the state's flagship employers, after the detention of two workers inside one of its suburban Minneapolis stores last month.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
