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detainee|diːteɪˈniː|
[f. detain v. + -ee1; cf. détenu.]
A person detained in custody, usually on political grounds and in an emergency, without or pending formal trial.
1928in M. H. Weseen Crowell's Dict. Eng. Gram. 118. 1940 Times 11 Dec. 9/4 There were other varieties of detainees with whom he had the greatest sympathy. 1957Times 10 Sept. 6/6 The [Mau Mau] detainees were..employed on constructive development work. 1959Listener 26 Feb. 359/1 Within hours of the return to the island [sc. Cyprus] of Sir Hugh Foot, the Governor, came the mass release of the detainees. |