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单词 restrictee
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restricteen.

Brit. /ˌriːstrɪkˈtiː/, U.S. /rəˌstrɪkˈti/, /riˌstrɪkˈti/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: restrict v., -ee suffix1.
Etymology: < restrict v. + -ee suffix1, after detainee n.
A person whose freedom of movement is restricted, usually for political reasons.figurative in earliest use.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > political or prisoner of conscience > restricted in freedom of movement
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1933 Train Dispatcher Nov. 258/1 Raising a garden is not so much making it grow as it is in restricting the activities of the foreign flora and fauna that infest it; the said restricting usually having a more demoralizing effect on the restrictor than on the restrictees.
1959 Observer 31 May 6/8 This pay starts in the open camp—no guards, no wire, no warders—at 30s. monthly plus rations. When detainees thus become ‘restrictees’ they are trade tested and trained for various jobs as clerks or artisans.
1995 C. E. Merrett Culture of Censorship vi. 128 On release, many ex-detainees became restrictees.
2004 D. Herbstein White Lies xxii. 259 Restrictees minded to escape were warned of lions, rhinos and hyenas lurking on the long walk to the nearest town.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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