It’s sad when a child is a detainee of our government.
Source: tatoeba (7123817)
Detainee
Synonyms for "detainee" (3 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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31 translations across 14 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- أسرى noun (one who is detained)
- أسير noun (one who is detained)
- أسيرات noun (one who is detained)
- أسيرة noun (one who is detained)
Bulgarian
2 entries- арестант noun (one who is detained)
- задържан noun (one who is detained)
Catalan
2 entries- detinguda noun (one who is detained)
- detingut noun (one who is detained)
Esperanto
1 entries- malliberulo noun (one who is detained)
French
2 entries- détenu noun (one who is detained)
- détenue noun (one who is detained)
German
2 entries- Gefangener noun (one who is detained)
- Häftling noun (one who is detained)
Hungarian
4 entries- elítélt noun (one who is detained)
- fogoly noun (one who is detained)
- fogvatartott noun (one who is detained)
- letartóztatott noun (one who is detained)
Interlingua
2 entries- detenita noun (one who is detained)
- detenito noun (one who is detained)
Italian
2 entries- detenuta noun (one who is detained)
- detenuto noun (one who is detained)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اسیر noun (one who is detained)
Portuguese
2 entries- detenta noun (one who is detained)
- detento noun (one who is detained)
Russian
1 entries- задержанный noun (one who is detained)
Spanish
2 entries- detenida noun (one who is detained)
- detenido noun (one who is detained)
Ukrainian
2 entries- затри́мана noun (one who is detained)
- затри́маний noun (one who is detained)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
The detainee struggled in the tight handcuffs, but the police paid him no attention.
Source: tatoeba (8161138)
In his statement, Miliband said the two flights had refuelled at Diego Garcia. Each one had a single detainee on board who did not leave the aircraft.
Source: wiktionary
Louis Louaillier, a U.S. citizen, journalist, and assemblymember, wrote in his local newspaper, The Louisiana Courier, that detainees should go to a civil judge...
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