detainee

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

After hours at the police station, the detainee was released, and authorities said his arrest warrant was no longer valid.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Last year, 33 people died while in the custody of ICE, according to detainee death reports published by the Department of Homeland Security.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

There was a detainee named Margarete Buber-Neumann, who wrote an amazing memoir, Under Two Dictators.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2026

At the same time, a third detainee died in ICE custody in 2026 earlier this week, this time in an ICE camp in the Texas desert.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2026

The detainee who is wise enough to realize this will never find any cause for complaint, but only all conceivable help, to erase the memory of what he had been accused of.

From My Life and My Efforts by Olesch, Gunther