internee

Example Sentences

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The internees were only allowed to exchange simple greetings with each other - a form of control, and a way of preventing "bad" girls influencing others.

From BBC

Speaking after Sir Keir's comments at PMQs, his official spokesman said he could not guarantee that compensation payments to Mr Adams or other former Troubles internees would be prevented.

From BBC

But one of the internees decided to start a Girl Guide group, which would meet once a week in a corner of the exercise yard.

From BBC

He was transferred from an Immigration and Naturalization Service facility in Montana to the center for enemy alien internees in Louisiana.

From Los Angeles Times

Detained as they had been, the internees, Goodman found, had scarcely been enjoying the benefits of a “free society.”

From Washington Post