Gitmo

British  

/ ˈɡɪtməʊ /

noun

1. informal Guantánamo: referring more specifically to the detainment camp run here by the US military, in which suspected terrorists are detained and questioned

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Example Sentences

As of Jan. 6, Gitmo held 15 detainees, housed by the Defense Department.

From Los Angeles Times

Sometimes, when it comes to Gitmo, it almost seems as if forces beyond the capacity of mere mortals are at play.

From Salon

Circuit Court to prohibit the Gitmo court from moving ahead and to stay proceedings while it contemplated the decision.

From Salon

Intrepid New York Times Gitmo reporter Carol Rosenberg recently summed up the costs associated with those signs of a continuing belief that actual trial proceedings were indeed in the cards this way: “The war court proceedings have cost hundreds of millions of dollars in salaries, infrastructure and transportation. Since 2019, the Office of Military Commissions has added two new courtroom chambers, new offices and temporary housing, more lawyers, more security personnel and more contractors.”

From Salon

Yet even that set of transfers suffered from the same sort of one-step-forward-two steps-back shuffle that’s been the essence of Gitmo’s history.

From Salon