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View synonyms for detention center

detention center

[dih-ten-shuhn sen-ter]

noun

  1. a facility maintained by the civil authorities for persons charged with a crime, immigrants awaiting deportation rulings, or sometimes witnesses before a trial.

  2. juvenile detention center.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of detention center1

First recorded in 1945–50

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