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detainee
[ dih-tey-nee, dee-tey-nee ]
noun
- a person held in custody, especially for a political offense or for questioning.
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He was reportedly one of 10 detainees freed at an Israeli border crossing with Gaza on Tuesday.
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The George W. Bush administration relied on this authority to hold detainees at a U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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The technical term for such detainee transfers is “extraordinary rendition.”
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Lawyers for Venezuelan detainees said they were poised for removal presumably to an El Salvadoran prison.
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The government ultimately dropped the “enemy combatant” label it had used to create a legal black hole for detainees.
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