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preventive detention
[ pri-ven-tiv di-ten-shuhn ]
/ prɪˈvɛn tɪv dɪˈtɛn ʃən /
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noun
the holding of someone in jail or in an institution because they are regarded as a danger to the community.
English Law. imprisonment of habitual criminals for periods ranging from 5 to 14 years during which they are given corrective training or placed under psychiatric and medical care.
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Origin of preventive detention
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby preventive detention
prevent, prevent defense, preventer, prevention, preventive, preventive detention, preventive law, preventive medicine, preventive war, preverb, preverbal
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How to use preventive detention in a sentence
Why not use preventive detention on the Crips and the Bloods?
Identification cards of prisoners or persons held in preventive detention are withheld from them.
Area Handbook for Romania|Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. WalpoleThey also see to it that the criminal is held in preventive detention, if necessary, before trial.
Area Handbook for Romania|Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole