incommunicado

[in-kuh-myoo-ni-kah-doh]

adjective

1. (especially of a prisoner) deprived of any communication with others.

incommunicado

/ ˌɪnkəˌmjuːnɪˈkɑːdəʊ /

adverb

1. (postpositive) deprived of communication with other people, as while in solitary confinement

Word History and Origins

Origin of incommunicado¹

1835–45, < Spanish incomunicado. See in- ³, communicate

Word History and Origins

Origin of incommunicado¹

C19: from Spanish incomunicado, from incomunicar to deprive of communication; see _in- ¹ , _communicate

Example Sentences

They were held incommunicado over several days and repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized yet ambiguous work for the United States.

From Salon

He is believed to be holed up, incommunicado, for the fear of being assassinated by Israel.

From BBC

The two said they were held incommunicado for several days and tortured, before they were left at the border by Tanzanian security forces, sparking widespread condemnation across the region and from international rights groups.

From BBC

She said Israel had detained "hundreds of Palestinian healthcare workers from Gaza without charge or trial" and said they had been "subjected to torture and other ill-treatment and been held in incommunicado detention".

From BBC

Many of the most prominent have been held "incommunicado", allowed no contact at all with lawyers or relatives for several years.

From BBC