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A facility in which people are detained (held in custody); a jail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 2002, Russell Hogg, Chapter 1: Prisoners and the Penal Estate in Australia, David Brown, Meredith Wilkie (editors), Prisoners as Citizens: Human Rights in Australian Prisons, page 3, All jurisdictions have their own prison systems, although the Australia Capital Territory (ACT) has only one remand centre and one periodic detention centre.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
An immigration detention facility; a facility in which people who have attempted to enter Australia without prior authorisation are detained, pending a decision on whether they are to be accepted as refugees or returned to their country of origin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
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A concentration camp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bullpen, detention cell
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cell, jail cell, prison cell
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
關押中心 /关押中心
(guānyā zhōngxīn)
— facility in which people are detained
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Dutch:
detentiecentrum
— facility in which people are detained
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Finnish:
pidätyskeskus
— facility in which people are detained
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Indonesian:
rumah tahanan
— facility in which people are detained
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Polish:
ośrodek detencyjny
— facility in which people are detained
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Chinese Mandarin:
關押中心 /关押中心
(guānyā zhōngxīn)
— immigration detention facility
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Dutch:
detentiecentrum
— immigration detention facility
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Dutch:
gesloten asielopvang
— immigration detention facility
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Dutch:
gesloten asielzoekerscentrum
— immigration detention facility
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Finnish:
pidätyskeskus
— immigration detention facility
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Polish:
ośrodek detencyjny
— immigration detention facility
