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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of detain.

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Examples

  • Talk of liberty by politicians rings hollow when innocent people remain detained in British immigration removal centres

    The injustice of indefinite detention Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi 2010

  • If this snapshot of those detained is in any way similar to the broader picture, the abuse and torture of so many people only distantly related to the war against America undoubtedly generated many more recruits and increased the danger to the West.

    Dear President Bush, 2009

  • Mr. Kan told reporters in Tokyo that the group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea where the man was detained is an integral part of Japanese territory.

    Tensions Still High Over Japanese Detention of Chinese Fishing Boat Captain 2010

  • If this snapshot of those detained is in any way similar to the broader picture, the abuse and torture of so many people only distantly related to the war against America undoubtedly generated many more recruits and increased the danger to the West.

    Dear President Bush, 2009

  • One of the detained is linked to the Greek militant group, Conspiracy Cells of Fire.

    Greece Halts Air Cargo after Bombs Target European Leaders 2010

  • Mr. Kan told reporters in Tokyo that the group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea where the man was detained is an integral part of Japanese territory.

    Tensions Still High Over Japanese Detention of Chinese Fishing Boat Captain 2010

  • Though I doubt the Phoenix police department has such little work that they just will sit and "detain" every single Hispanic they see, being detained is not as horrible as your making it out to be.

    Natl. Poll: More favor than oppose Arizona immigration law 2010

  • The Tunisians will remain detained while deportation proceedings are brought against them.

    Dane, Tunisians arrested in cartoonist murder plot « Isegoria 2008

  • According to the US Department of Defense, approximately 360 men remain detained in Guantánamo held without charge.

    Guantanamo Bay Jeff 2007

  • Any Iraqi detained is brought to an American lawyer at the battalion level; two American soldiers have to fill out sworn arrest affidavits; physical evidence is bagged, and pictures of the “crime” scene are taken.

    Streetwise 2007

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