Meaning

1 senses
  1. Someone who is detained, especially in custody or confinement.

    Häftling, Gefangener

    задержанныйzaderžannyj

    затри́манийzatrýmanyj, затри́манаzatrýmana

    some held in custody

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Tom and the other detainees have been released.

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  2. What's happening to those detainees isn't funny at all.

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  3. It’s sad when a child is a detainee of our government.

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  4. Three detainees broke out of the prison where they were locked up.

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  5. The detainee struggled in the tight handcuffs, but the police paid him no attention.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one who is detained:
Русский
By meaning 1
one who is detained:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who is detained:

Origin

From detain + -ee.

From detain + -ee.

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Forms

plural: detainees
Singulardetainee
Pluraldetainees

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relateddetain

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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