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incommunicado
[in-kuh-myoo-ni-kah-doh]
adjective
(especially of a prisoner) deprived of any communication with others.
incommunicado
/ ˌɪəˌːɪˈɑːəʊ /
adverb
(postpositive) deprived of communication with other people, as while in solitary confinement
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of incommunicado1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of incommunicado1
Example Sentences
He is believed to be holed up, incommunicado, for the fear of being assassinated by Israel.
The two said they were held incommunicado for several days and tortured, before they were left at the border by Tanzanian security forces, sparking widespread condemnation across the region and from international rights groups.
She said Israel had detained "hundreds of Palestinian healthcare workers from Gaza without charge or trial" and said they had been "subjected to torture and other ill-treatment and been held in incommunicado detention".
Many of the most prominent have been held "incommunicado", allowed no contact at all with lawyers or relatives for several years.
When Mr. Hadi’s lawyers began screening images of cells similar to those where he was kept incommunicado in 2006 and 2007, a prosecutor protested, only to learn that the material had recently been declassified.
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