单词 | preventive detention |
释义 | preventive detentionnounthe 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 detentionFirst recorded in 1905–10 Words nearby preventive detentionprevent defense, preventer, prevention, preventive, preventive dentistry, preventive detention, preventive law, preventive medicine, preventive treatment, preventive war, preverb Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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