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Definition of Detainee
1. Noun. Some held in custody.
Definition of Detainee
1. Noun. someone who is detained, especially in custody or confinement ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Detainee
1. one who is detained [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Detainee
Literary usage of Detainee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Practical Treatise on Criminal Procedure, Pleading, and Evidence by John Frederick Archbold, John Jervis, William Newland Welsby, Thomas Whitney Waterman (1853)
"... FORCIBLE ENTRY AND detainee.—2 found before any of them, that any doth contrary
to this statute, then the said justices or justice shall cause to ..."
2. The Kurds of Turkey: killings, disappearances and torture by Lois Whitman, Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.) (1993)
"For security of detainee, search detainee and take away all objects that ...
When detainee leaves detention, return all objects that do not create crime. b. ..."
3. Behind the Red Line: Political Repression in Sudan by Jemera Rone, Brian Owsley, Human Rights Watch/Africa (1996)
"For instance, under the 1991 National Security Act a security detainee could be
held for three months without an order. At the end of that time any order of ..."
4. Records Relating to American Prisoners of War and Missing in Action from the edited by Charles E. Schamel (1997)
"RG 319 Records of the Army Staff Records of the "Vietnam War Crimes Working Group"
11.48 Records pertaining to enemy prisoner of war and detainee activities ..."
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