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Detention centre
A facility in which people are detained (held in custody); a jail.
📖 Definitions of "Detention centre"
noun
- 1
A facility in which people are detained (held in custody); a jail.
- 2
An immigration detention facility; a facility in which people who have attempted to enter Australia without prior authorisation are detained, pending a decision on whether they are to be accepted as refugees or returned to their country of origin.
- 3
A concentration camp.
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