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# detainee

«detainee» in Mova's school dictionary: **kept in prison or held by the police or the army, often…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a detainee, detainees)

### meaning for a pupil

A person who is kept in prison or held by the police or the army, often without a trial yet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detainee/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In news, history and law: detainees in a war or police station; their rights. Formal word. Related: prisoner, suspect.

### examples

- The detainee asked to see a lawyer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detainee/#x1)
- All detainees have the right to food and water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detainee/#x2)
- The detainees were released after questioning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detainee/#x3)
- The report described how detainees were treated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detainee/#x4)
- Each detainee was given a blanket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detainee/#x5)
- The police took the detainee to the station. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detainee/#x6)

### note

Ending -ee means the person something is done to (employee, trainee, detainee). Stress: dee-tay-NEE. Not the same as a convicted prisoner.

### In the corpora

- ["Detainee" means a prisoner, often held without trial (never judged in a court).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «detainee» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detainee/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.