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verbredetain (third-person singular simple present redetains, present participle redetaining, simple past and past participle redetained)
present singular third person redetains · participle present redetaining · participle past redetained · past redetained
- transitiveTo detain again.
He came by boat to Australia, and lived in the community for three years before being redetained by immigration authorities.
2015 August 12, Ben Doherty, “Asylum seeker forcibly returned to Afghanistan after appeals exhausted”, in The Guardian
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APA
redetain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redetain
MLA
“redetain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redetain. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “redetain,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redetain.
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