incommunicado

Example Sentences

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He got an extra 3% out of Sarnoff in part by blithely insisting that he would still leave for a long-planned vacation, incommunicado, before the deal was cinched.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Several rghts groups have denounced what they say is a form of incommunicado detention for Palestinian prisoners, hampering the legal defence of detainees.

From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025

ICE held her incommunicado for 24 hours and then shuffled her through three states before jailing her in Louisiana.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2025

"The cardinals are completely incommunicado," said Ines San Martin of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the US.

From BBC • May 5, 2025

Addressed to his parents and his brother, they indicate that he would be incommunicado for “a month or two.”

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer