单词 | internee |
释义 | interneen. A person who is imprisoned or otherwise confined, esp. without trial and for political or military reasons; a person who has been interned. Cf. intern v. 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [noun] > one who is confined or prisoner > internee internee1915 1915 Scotsman 28 Oct. 10/4 Internees were using a latrine that was in a very bad and filthy condition. 1918 E. India (Bengal Detenus Comm.): Rep. Detenus & Internees Bengal 2 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 9198) VIII. 105 The cases of the State prisoners and internees. 1920 Observer 5 Dec. 13/4 Lorries with military guards..removed the internees to the camp. 1941 P. G. Wodehouse Let. 13 Aug. in Performing Flea (1953) 179 We are elderly internees, most of us with corns and swollen joints. 1972 Daily Tel. 4 Mar. 32/6 A policy to end imprisonment without trial by a phased programme of releases of every detainee and internee. 2007 V. Smith Clean x. 351 The internees were people surviving like trapped animals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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