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noun

Definition of remand

as in detention

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verb

as in to jail

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Recent Examples of remand

Noun

Farber granted the prosecution’s request for remand and scheduled Hernandez’s next court date for July 22. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026 The trial is among the last of several such major cases, with Chow, the former vice chair of the group, held on remand for more than 1,500 days after being denied bail. — Reuters, NBC news, 22 Jan. 2026

Verb

He was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday. — Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 1 May 2026 The defendants were remanded to custody Thursday, but the judge left open the possibility of bail in the future. — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 19 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for remand

Recent Examples of Synonyms for remand

Noun

Rights groups have raised concerns about the treatment of migrants and asylum seekers in Tunisia since the EU agreement, including reports of collective expulsions, racial violence, arbitrary detention and abuses against Black migrants.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
Munsell was given 10 years for second-degree drug trafficking, five years for aggravated fleeing a stop or detention and five years for tampering with a motor vehicle, according to court records.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of detention

Noun

She was released in December 2025 and has spent another eight months under house arrest or in halfway-house confinement.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
In 1842, the appellate court reduced the offense from a premeditated breach of duty to a negligent one, acquitted Ebel of founding a sect, and quashed his confinement.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of confinement

Verb

He was detained in March last year and deported to El Salvador, but White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, and other administration officials, later admitted that the removal was due to a clerical error.

— Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
As the court met Monday on Yabloko’s appeal, the party’s supporters gathered outside the courthouse and Russian media reported that several dozen people were detained.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of detain

Verb

Many expressed their sadness at knowing their friend would likely spend much of his life incarcerated, but declined to comment on the record.

— Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2026
According to the department, a study in Virginia found a 59% reduction in injuries to incarcerated individuals and a 45% reduction in reportable uses of force.

— Caroline Foreback, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of incarcerate

Noun

Laws regarding incarceration of youthful offenders — age 25 or younger at the time of the crime — have evolved since the siblings were tried.

— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
His father, Michael Spitze, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison in May after admitting to trying to tamper with witnesses during his son’s incarceration.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of incarceration

Verb

Once confined to biotech labs and the disposable income of Silicon Valley billionaires, longevity is no longer a tech bro hobby and has become a consumer aspiration in its own right.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2026
Founded in the 8th century BCE, Rome was initially confined to the Tiber’s eastern shore.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 17 Aug. 2026

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