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detention::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | custody, detainment, hold |
| Type of | confinement |
| Derivation | detain |
his detention was politically motivated.
detention::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment |
| Derivation | detain |
the detention of tardy pupils.
Examples of detention
detention
Their disappearance follows the detention of two Reuters television journalists.
From the sacbee.com
During home detention he may leave only for medical, court or religious reasons.
From the thenewstribune.com
Some of the defendants have been in pretrial detention for as long as 16 months.
From the bloomberg.com
The 15-year-old is expected to face a detention hearing today in juvenile court.
From the kansas.com
Megan cried herself to sleep almost every night she was in the detention center.
From the denverpost.com
Mr Mousa was hooded for nearly 24 of the 36 hours he spent in British detention.
From the telegraph.co.uk
There are 278 unaccompanied minors in immigration detention, mostly Afghan boys.
From the smh.com.au
He was sentenced to a month in federal prison and five months of home detention.
From the sfgate.com
Everson has been sentenced to preventive detention in the High Court at Rotorua.
From the nzherald.co.nz
- A state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police"
- A punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"
- Detention is a 2003 action film directed by Sidney J. Furie. It stars Dolph Lundgren as a soon to be retired high school teacher Sam Decker who has one last detention to proctor and Alex Karzis as Chester Lamb. Unfortunately, drug runners have chosen to attack the school. ...
- School punishment is a hierarchy of penalties used to punish infractions of rules in a school setting. There are wide variations in practice between schools in different cultures, countries or states, and between different types of school in the same country. ...
- This is an episode list for the CBS television series Cold Case.
- Detention generally refers to a state or government holding a person in a particular area (generally called a detention centre), either for interrogation, or as punishment for a crime (see prison).
- Detention is a cartoon that premiered on Kids' WB! on September 11, 1999 and was created by Bob Doucette (who had previously worked as a producer for Histeria!). This is one of the shortest lived programs by Warner Bros. ...
- The act of detaining or the state of being detained; A temporary state of custody or confinement, especially of a prisoner awaiting trial, or of a student being punished
- When a person is temporarily locked up until the court makes a final decision.
