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detainment
[dih-teyn-muhnt]
noun
the condition of being under restraint or in custody; imprisonment.
Participants also risk arrest and possible detainment in an already overflowing jail.
the condition of being delayed or kept from proceeding.
We were finally allowed to cross the border after six hours of detainment.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of detainment1
Example Sentences
The wide-scale arrests and detainments — often in the region’s largely Latino neighborhoods — contain hallmarks of racial profiling and other due process violations.
Some scenarios — such as detainment of a parent — are dark.
An agent in plain clothes in the courtroom came out to signal to agents in the hallway, one wearing a red flannel shirt, when an immigrant subject to detainment was about to exit.
She said her asthma condition had worsened during detainment, and at one point, had to take a short break after suffering an asthma attack on camera.
“Pomona PD was not involved in the detainment of individuals near Home Depot today and did not collaborate with any federal agencies on their operation.”
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