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detention
noun as in confinement, imprisonment
Example Sentences
Unable to speak to his son for nine months, Mr Ibrahim has only heard accounts of his detention through court documents and says his son was forced to confess.
In Morocco, protesters won some pledges for social reforms, including improvement to health care and education, but by the end of October, more than 2,400 people -- including over 1,400 in detention -- faced prosecution.
They are now being held in separate detention facilities.
He will begin serving his sentence in a federal police jail cell in the capital, Brasilia, where he has been detained since Saturday after being deemed a flight risk and removed from home detention.
The prime minister uploaded a video of his antics to Instagram, with the caption: "I think I just got myself put in detention..."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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