"ghost detainee" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ghost detainees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ghost detainee (plural ghost detainees)
  1. (US) A person held in a detention center whose identity has been hidden by keeping them unregistered and therefore anonymous. Wikipedia link: ghost detainee Tags: US
    Sense id: en-ghost_detainee-en-noun-oDHSr4LT Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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