detaineen.
/diːteɪˈniː/ A person detained in custody, usually on political grounds and in an emergency, without or pending formal trial.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > awaiting trial or held in custody
prisoner at the bar1556
détenu1803
detainee1928
chummy1948
undertrial1966
1928 in M. H. Weseen Crowell's Dict. Eng. Gram. 118.
1940 Times 11 Dec. 9/4 There were other varieties of detainees with whom he had the greatest sympathy.
1957 Times 10 Sept. 6/6 The [Mau Mau] detainees were..employed on constructive development work.
1959 Listener 26 Feb. 359/1 Within hours of the return to the island [sc. Cyprus] of Sir Hugh Foot, the Governor, came the mass release of the detainees.
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