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单词 preventive detention
释义

preventive detention


noun

the holding of someone in jail or in an institution because he or she is regarded as a danger to the community.
English Law. imprisonment of habitual criminals for periods ranging from 5 to 14 years during which they are given corrective training or placed under psychiatric and medical care.

Origin of preventive detention

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby preventive detention

prevent defense, preventer, prevention, preventive, preventive dentistry, preventive detention, preventive law, preventive medicine, preventive treatment, preventive war, preverb
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