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View synonyms for detainee
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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In 2013, with a similar-size budget but more detainees, the cost worked out to about $2.7 million per detainee.
From The Daily Beast
His claim that taxpayers are spending millions of dollars for each detainee rates True.
From The Daily Beast
In November 2002, a detainee who had been held partially nude and chained to the floor died, apparently from hypothermia.
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During one session, detainee Abu Zubaydah became “completely unresponsive with bubbles rising through his open full mouth.”
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One detainee was bent over for a rectal feeding that involved Ensure, the protein shake.
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Whether this object has been attained or not is judged by the life and habits of the detainee on discharge.
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