detention center

A form of detention centre — A facility in which people are detained (held in custody); a jail.

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Meanings

noundetention center (plural detention centers)

plural detention centers

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of detention centre.

    For a mass-deportation operation of this scale, Trump’s advisers are planning to build more detention centers to hold migrants until they can be deported to their home countries, a process that can take weeks, months, or even years to negotiate with receiving governments.

    2024 December 12, Eric Cortellessa, “Donald Trump 2024 TIME Person of the Year”, in Time, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2024
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APA

detention center. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detention%20center

MLA

“detention center.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detention%20center. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “detention center,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detention%20center.

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