detainee

Definition

  • noun: a person who is being kept in a prison especially for political reasons
  • noun: a person held in custody especially for political reasons

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) "What has happened here, and who could possibly have done this?" Come on. You too, come on. You agency guys are twisted. Detainee's ready for you. Come on. Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa... I want you to understand that I know you I've been following you, and studying you, for a long time. (..)
    2012 Zero Dark Thirty
  • (..) And if you did find him, you don't know that he'd be with bin Laden. We don't know what we don't know. What the fuck is that supposed to mean? It's tautology. Listen, not one single detainee has said that he's been located with the big guy. Just that he delivers messages, am I wrong? No. (..)
    2012 Zero Dark Thirty