Detainees
Prisoners
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- slaves and detainees
- slaves and prisoners
- losers and detainees
- losers and prisoners
- toughs and detainees
- toughs and prisoners
- convicts and detainees
- convicts and prisoners
- hostages and detainees
- hostages and prisoners
- lags and detainees
- lags and prisoners
- scapegoats and detainees
- scapegoats and prisoners
Both words in one sentence
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A trope in which it is stated, shown, or implied that detainees may be sexually assaulted while in prison (usually by fellow prisoners but sometimes by their captors).
Source: Prison Rape -
This may substantiate allegations made by Irish republican prisoners, and latterly by detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- The inmates of Camp X-Ray are "detainees", not "prisoners".
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