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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The act of detaining; detention.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The condition of being detained; detention

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. rare Detention.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a state of being confined (usually for a short time)

Examples

  • “Joking aside, the issue of torture and detainment is a serious one.”

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  • “He told the Senate committee that some terrorism detainees were too “dangerous” to prosecute and may have to be “held in detainment for a long time.””

    We Need A Resolution | ATTACKERMAN

  • “Maybe if we just round up all people with political beliefs contrary to Obama's, put them in detainment camps, then we wouldn't need airport screenings.”

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  • “Interim "black sites" - secret facilities used for covert activities - can be as small as a room in a government building, which only becomes a black site when a prisoner is brought in for short-term detainment and interrogation.”

    Larisa Alexandrovna: And War Crimes for All....

  • “Interim “black sites” – secret facilities used for covert activities – can be as small as a room in a government building, which only becomes a black site when a prisoner is brought in for short-term detainment and interrogation.”

    Soviet-era compound in northern Poland was site of secret CIA interrogation, detentions

  • “They should have demanded that he be remanded into Canadian custody at the time of his "detainment" by the sinister maniacs of the Bush League.”

    Stephen Taylor! Hacktacular!

  • “The difference is that BushCo labels the people they kidnap as terrorists and calls the kidnapping "detainment".”

    Underneath The "Surge" Strategy

  • “COOPER: And what kind of detainment powers or legal authority does the CDC have?”

    CNN Transcript May 30, 2007

  • “Until then, the best you can ever do is to lawyer up on the moment of your "detainment" even if they say you are not under arrest.”

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