: a person held in custody especially for political reasons
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Recent Examples on the WebAmong those allegedly restrained were a 17-year-old detainee and a landscaper who argued with Hill after a dispute with a deputy. Leon Stafford, ajc, 10 June 2022 Lawrence Taylor, 41, was a detainee at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute. Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 7 June 2022 Newton County charges $60 per day per detainee, said Evans. Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 12 Feb. 2022 After that, the law requires that the detainee be released, though that does not always happen. Allison Mccann, New York Times, 16 July 2022 One is an indefinite detainee called Mohammed Rahim, who is in his 50s and has been repeatedly deemed too dangerous to release. Carol Rosenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2022 The prince was the highest-profile detainee in a 2017 roundup of businessmen and royals in Riyadh’s Ritz Carlton Hotel. Rory Jones, WSJ, 22 May 2022 Barhoumi is the third Guantanamo detainee to be repatriated under the Biden administration. Aileen Graef And Ellie Kaufman, CNN, 2 Apr. 2022 The meeting was a rare bit of presidential access for the family of an American detainee, especially since Biden himself has been less public than his predecessor, Donald Trump, about efforts to get Americans home. Eric Tucker, ajc, 29 Apr. 2022 See More