Definitions for detainee

detainee de·tain·ee

Spelling: [dih-tey-nee, dee-tey-nee]
IPA: /dɪˈteɪ ni, ˌdi teɪˈni/

Detainee is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 168 anagrams from letters in detainee (adeeeint).

Definitions for detainee

noun

  1. a person held in custody, especially for a political offense or for questioning.

Origin of detainee

First recorded in 1925-30; detain + -ee

Examples for detainee

Whether this object has been attained or not is judged by the life and habits of the detainee on discharge.

Abdullah Deghayes, an 18-year-old Briton whose uncle reportedly was a detainee at Guantanamo, died fighting in Syria on Monday.

In November 2002, a detainee who had been held partially nude and chained to the floor died, apparently from hypothermia.

“detainee is a friend of current Afghan President, Hamid Karzai,” his secret military file shows.

It no longer looks at whether a detainee is affiliated with al Qaeda.

Cardillo did not say he expected Abdul Haq Wasiq—the fifth detainee traded for Bergdahl—would return to the battlefield.

One detainee was bent over for a rectal feeding that involved Ensure, the protein shake.

During one session, detainee Abu Zubaydah became “completely unresponsive with bubbles rising through his open full mouth.”

“Republican staff were not involved in the underlying investigation of the detainee and interrogation report,” he said.

In one case a detainee was dragged naked along the dirt floor.

Word Value for detainee
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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