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detainee

noun as in captive

noun as in prisoner

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His team also submitted testimonials from family members, and other detainees at the jail where Combs is held.

From BBC

After a job interview, Rory, then 28, was accepted for a job as a detention officer in Charing Cross custody suite, helping to make sure detainees were fed, watered, and kept safe.

From BBC

I talked to him a few days after a gunman fired on a Dallas ICE facility, killing a detainee and striking two others before killing himself.

“All detainees are provided with proper meals, medical treatment, and have opportunities to communicate with lawyers and their family members.”

Police discovered a video after one of the detainees revealed it under questioning, according to Javier Alonso, security minister for Buenos Aires province.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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