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detention cell

NOUN
drunk tank
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Resistance guests will be thrown into a detention cell where they could run up against Kylo Ren.

From Washington Times Feb. 28, 2019

Choi Gap-bok became infamous in South Korea after escaping a detention cell in Daegu province in 2012.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2018

It takes as its story the perilous desert crossing regularly made by Latin American migrants from Mexico into the U.S. — harrowing journeys that can end in death or in a Border Patrol detention cell.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 28, 2017

When Drake became police chief in 2007, the department was operating out of two classrooms in an abandoned school building, with no air conditioning or detention cell.

From Washington Post Apr. 18, 2015

The last time he had felt like this was back in his small detention cell.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen




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