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Recent Examples of detainee
Many of the detainees were thrown into the brig or underground prisons.
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Edwidge Danticat, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
Some of those detainees are already being held in a different Leavenworth facility.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2025
Israel released 1,737 Palestinian prisoners and detainees, including 120 women and children.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
The letter went on to detail problems that arose during the first Trump administration, when detainees were sent to a federal prison in Victorville.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
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Edwidge Danticat, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
Some of those detainees are already being held in a different Leavenworth facility.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2025
Israel released 1,737 Palestinian prisoners and detainees, including 120 women and children.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
The letter went on to detail problems that arose during the first Trump administration, when detainees were sent to a federal prison in Victorville.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for detainee
Noun
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The sheriff’s office will stop accepting new defendants April 1.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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That defendant’s lawyer was David Yannetti, who famously represents Karen Read in her murder case in Norfolk County Superior Court and who represented the last two defendants called on Friday in this case.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Some onlookers cheered for the arrestees and joined in their chants, while others seemed annoyed by the disruption to foot traffic.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC News,
13 Mar. 2025
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In 2010, Huntington Beach considered publicly shaming arrestees by posting their names on Facebook.—
Hunter Clauss,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Investigators said Borom was pronounced dead by emergency medical services and that police have identified a suspect, who is also an inmate at the medium-security facility in Hagerstown.—
Matt Hubbard,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Mar. 2025
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The Los Angeles Police Department took a suspect into custody around 6:30 p.m and then transferred him to the Pasadena Police Department, which is the lead agency for the incident, Derderian said.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There’s also a three-course children’s menu priced at €70 ($76), with dishes such as The Lantern Festival (aka fish and chips) à la Tangled and Alice’s Biscuits (strawberry and chocolate biscuits fashioned like playing cards) from Alice in Wonderland.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Mar. 2025
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Humans, other land vertebrates, and jawed fish have synovial joints.—
Elizabeth Rayne,
Ars Technica,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The film follows an American student (Seberg) in Paris who loves a dangerous criminal (Belmondo) obsessed with Humphrey Bogart.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
20 Mar. 2025
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The company entices the criminal to click on a tracking link, which provides information about their location.—
Rachel Hale,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Detainee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detainee. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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