internee
Example Sentences
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Who was the Japanese American internee who fought the constitutionality of internment during the war and had his conviction overturned thirty years later?
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Each internee received $25 and a train ticket to wherever they wanted to go.
From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2020
The former IRA internee has consistently denied that he is Stakeknife.
From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2019
"The noise was indescribable, like steam coming from a boiler at a high rate," said former internee Gerry McKerr.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2013
“I can take the internee back to her cell, sir.”
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.