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detention
[ dih-ten-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of detaining.
- the state of being detained.
- maintenance of a person in custody or confinement, especially while awaiting a court decision.
- the withholding of what belongs to or is claimed by another.
adjective
- of or relating to detention or used to detain:
the detention room of a police station.
detention
/ ɪˈɛʃə /
noun
- the act of detaining or state of being detained
- custody or confinement, esp of a suspect awaiting trial
- ( as modifier )
a detention order
- a form of punishment in which a pupil is detained after school
- the withholding of something belonging to or claimed by another
Other 51Թ Forms
- ԴDzd·ٱtDz noun
- d·ٱtDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of detention1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of detention1
Example Sentences
Militiamen have been accused of running detention centres where migrants are beaten to death or starved, and the Libyan coastguard is accused of sometimes filming people in the sea rather than rescuing them.
A safeguarding review has been launched after a 15-year-old boy was sentenced to 11 years detention for the attempted murder of a schoolgirl.
Separately, Trump is overseeing migrant roundups, detentions and deportations that lack any semblance of constitutional due process.
He handcuffed himself to a federal building to bring attention to the plight of immigrants in detention, the first of about a dozen times he would be arrested for civil disobedience, Jimenez said.
When Itzel crossed the border, she was held in detention and placed in a shelter for two weeks before being released to her aunt and uncle.
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