redetain

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ detain.

Verb

redetain (third-person singular simple present redetains, present participle redetaining, simple past and past participle redetained)

1. (transitive) To detain again.
   • 2015 August 12, Ben Doherty, “Asylum seeker forcibly returned to Afghanistan after appeals exhausted”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     He came by boat to Australia, and lived in the community for three years before being redetained by immigration authorities.

Anagrams

• Naderite, aditeren, antideer, detainer, retained