Synonyms for detainees
de·tainees

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1. List of paraphrases for "detainees":

   prisoners, inmates, detained, arrested, detainee, held, inmate, convicts, prisoner, detention, custody, captives, arrestees, détenus, internees

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1. Liz Throssell:

   We are deeply concerned that, after recent fighting in Benghazi, people taken prisoner by members of the Libyan National Army, which effectively controls eastern Libya, may be at imminent risk of torture and even summary execution, reports have suggested the involvement of Special Forces, a unit aligned with the LNA, in torturing detainees and summarily executing at least 10 captured men.

2. Dianne Feinstein:

   The contractors provided the official evaluation of whether the detainees' psychological state allowed for the continued use of the enhanced techniques even for some detainees they themselves were interrogating.

3. Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte:

   The more Americans understand about the terrorist activities and affiliations of these detainees, the more they will oppose the administration's terribly misguided plans to release them.

4. Paul Lewis:

   We take our obligation to assess the security risk of detainees seriously prior to transfers. As a result, more than 90 percent of detainees transferred during the Obama administration live quietly around the world, each of these five individuals was unanimously approved for transfer more nearly five years ago by six departments and agencies through the 2009 executive order task force.

5. Mike Pompeo:

   We've been asking for the release of these detainees for 17 months, we'll talk about it again. It'd be a great gesture if they'd agree to do so.