Definitions for detainees

detainees de·tain·ee

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

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

You can make 385 anagrams from letters in detainees (adeeeinst).

Definitions for detainees

noun

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

Origin of detainees

First recorded in 1925-30; detain + -ee

Examples for detainees

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Word Value for detainees
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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