detention centre
detention centre · detention centres
A facility in which people are detainedA facility in which people are detained (held in custody); a jail.
Meaning
3 sensesA facility in which people are detained (held in custody); a jail.
(Australia)An immigration detention facility; a facility in which people who have attempted to enter Australia without prior authorisation are detained, pending a decision on whether they are to be accepted as refugees or returned to their country of origin.
A concentration camp.
More definitions
- a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily
Translations
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily:bullpendetention cell