redetain en · VERB
Etymology
From re- + detain.
Meanings
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(transitive) To detain again.
He came by boat to Australia, and lived in the community for three years before being redetained by immigration authorities.
2015 August 12, Ben Doherty, “Asylum seeker forcibly returned to Afghanistan after appeals exhausted”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redetaining | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| redetained | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| redetained | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| redetains | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |