Usually means: Individuals held in custody temporarily.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. detainees: Merriam-Webster
  2. detainees: Collins English Dictionary
  3. detainees: Vocabulary.com
  4. Detainee's, Detainees, detainee's, detainees: Wordnik
  5. detainees: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. detainees: Wiktionary
  7. detainees: Dictionary.com
  8. Detainees: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. detainees: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. detainees: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. detainees: Legal dictionary

(Note: See detainee as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (detainee)

noun:  Someone who is detained, especially in custody or confinement.
▸ Also see detainee


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