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detainee

noun as in captive

noun as in prisoner

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The relatives of other political detainees in Saudi Arabia are paying close attention.

From Time

It happened in early June, a time in the pandemic when different agencies in charge of prison inmates and immigration detainees were developing different ways of dealing with viral spread.

Those records also show that detainees put in deportation proceedings in July 2020 were twice as likely to opt for voluntary departure than those from a year before.

Marshals Service detainees are all awaiting the completion of their court proceedings, meaning people often come and go as they are arrested, attend their court hearings and are sentenced.

In Otay Mesa, detainees were initially asked to sign a contract in order to receive a mask, the Union-Tribune reported in April.

In 2013, with a similar-size budget but more detainees, the cost worked out to about $2.7 million per detainee.

His claim that taxpayers are spending millions of dollars for each detainee rates True.

In November 2002, a detainee who had been held partially nude and chained to the floor died, apparently from hypothermia.

During one session, detainee Abu Zubaydah became “completely unresponsive with bubbles rising through his open full mouth.”

One detainee was bent over for a rectal feeding that involved Ensure, the protein shake.

Whether this object has been attained or not is judged by the life and habits of the detainee on discharge.

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On this page you'll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to detainee, such as: hostage, prisoner, prisoner of war, slave, bondman, and bondwoman.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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