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.

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

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

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

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

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
  • some held in custody:political detainee

Word family

2 related words
Relateddetain

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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