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house of detention::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | detention camp, detention home, detention house |
| Type of | correctional institution |
Examples of house of detention
house of detention
On emerging from a federal house of detention and entering a cab, surviving Traitor Greenglass was greeted by hecklers.
From the time.com
According to local lore, passed down by an aging oysterman to the building's owner, Richie DePierro, it was erected on neighboring Hart Island in the 19th century as a women's house of detention.
From the nytimes.com
The icon of the democracy movement remains under house arrest, her 15th year of detention.
From the cnn.com
Bizarrely, they were sentenced with their employer for this final stretch of house detention.
From the brimbankweekly.com.au
She has been in detention for 14 of the past 20 years, mostly under house arrest.
From the voanews.com
Aung San Suu Kyi has spent 13 of the past 19 years under house detention.
From the voanews.com
Suu Kyi spent most of the past 20 years in house detention at her home.
From the nzherald.co.nz
She was sentenced to 75 days in a halfway house and 75 days of home detention and placed on probation for two years.
From the chron.com
She was sentenced to an additional 18 months of house detention this year for harboring an uninvited American devotee who swam to her lakeside villa.
From the latimes.com
