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I believe that free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado.
Tom McClintock

Meaning of "incommunicado" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INCOMMUNICADO

From Spanish incomunicado, from incomunicar to deprive of communication.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INCOMMUNICADO

incommunicado  [ˌɪnkəˌmjuːnɪˈkɑːdəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCOMMUNICADO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Incommunicado can act as an adjective and an adverb.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES INCOMMUNICADO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of incommunicado in the English dictionary

The definition of incommunicado in the dictionary is deprived of communication with other people, as while in solitary confinement.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INCOMMUNICADO


adelantado
ˌædəlænˈtɑːdəʊ
aficionado
əˌfɪʃjəˈnɑːdəʊ
avocado
ˌævəˈkɑːdəʊ
Colorado
ˌkɒləˈrɑːdəʊ
Delgado
dɛlˈɡɑːdəʊ
dorado
dəˈrɑːdəʊ
eldorado
ˌeldəˈrɑːdəʊ
enamorado
ɪnæməˈrɑːdəʊ
incomunicado
ˌɪnkəˌmjuːnɪˈkɑːdəʊ
Manado
məˈnɑːdəʊ
mikado
mɪˈkɑːdəʊ
passado
pəˈsɑːdəʊ
Prado
ˈprɑːdəʊ
privado
prɪˈvɑːdəʊ
pyinkado
pjɪŋˈkɑːdəʊ
Ricardo
rɪˈkɑːdəʊ
sado
ˈsɑːdəʊ
soldado
səʊlˈdɑːdəʊ
sticcado
stɪˈkɑːdəʊ
stoccado
stəˈkɑːdəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INCOMMUNICADO

incommensurately
incommensurateness
incommiscible
incommode
incommodious
incommodiously
incommodiousness
incommodities
incommodity
incommunicability
incommunicable
incommunicableness
incommunicably
incommunicative
incommunicatively
incommunicativeness
incommutability
incommutable
incommutableness
incommutably

WORDS THAT END LIKE INCOMMUNICADO

ado
ambuscado
amontillado
bravado
Corcovado
cruzado
dado
desperado
El Dorado
escapado
fado
hacendado
Llano Estacado
Machado
malgrado
reformado
Salado
tornado
tostado
zapateado

Synonyms and antonyms of incommunicado in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «incommunicado» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INCOMMUNICADO

Find out the translation of incommunicado to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of incommunicado from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «incommunicado» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

与外界隔绝
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

en régimen de incomunicación
570 millions of speakers

English

incommunicado
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नजरबंद
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

بمعزل عن العالم الخارجي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

связи с внешним миром
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

incomunicável
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নির্জন কারাবাসে আবদ্ধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

au secret
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Incommunicado
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

isoliert
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

隔離
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

두절
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Incommunicado
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

biệt giam
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தனிக்காவலில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनौपचारिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kimseyle görüştürülmeyen tutuklu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

isolamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odosobnieniu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зв´язку із зовнішнім світом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

incommunicado
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απομόνωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

incommunicado
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

incommunicado
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

incommunicado
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of incommunicado

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCOMMUNICADO»

The term «incommunicado» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.732 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INCOMMUNICADO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «incommunicado» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «incommunicado» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about incommunicado

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2 QUOTES WITH «INCOMMUNICADO»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word incommunicado.
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Tom McClintock
I believe that free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado.
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Tom McClintock
Free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCOMMUNICADO»

Discover the use of incommunicado in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to incommunicado and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Incommunicado
THE STORY: Arrested in Italy in 1945 by the liberating U.S. troops, the famous expatriate poet, Ezra Pound, was imprisoned in a cage and treated like an animal—which many people considered him to be.
Tom Dulack, 1989
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Incommunicado
incommunicado. words seem meaningless cannot express the divinity I see in the everyday not even the madness my language is but a white shirt in a tie dyed world in some mysterious way keeping tongue buttoned up and there is a ...
Eric Sutherland, 2007
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The International Law of Human Rights and States of ...
The Committee's apparent awareness of the dangers inherent in incommunicado detention is not, however, adequately reflected during the consideration of the periodic reports, although questions have been asked on this subject in a few ...
Anna-Lena Svensson-McCarthy, 1998
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The Language of Winnicott: A Dictionary of Winnicott's Use ...
54] A life built on the cumulative effect of reactions to impingement results in false -self living, which is no life at all. (see Self: 7) However, there is a healthy false self that exists in order to protect the core/true self. 2 The true incommunicado self  ...
Jan Abram, 2007
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International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law: Treaties, ...
This was expressly acknowledged by the State during the public hearing, when it said that "Mr. Sudrez was the victim of arbitrary detention." 46. As to the place in which Mr. Suarez-Rosero was held incommunicado, the Court deems it to have ...
Francisco Forrest Martin, Stephen J. Schnably, Richard Wilson, 2006
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POLICE INTERROGATION AND AMERICAN JUSTICE
But there is evidence that the use of some third-degree tactics—such as the sweat box, the hanging of suspects by the neck, and the use of incommunicado detention—dates back to the middle of the nineteenth century (Sears, 1948). And it is ...
Richard A Leo, 2009
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The Prohibition of Torture and Ill-treatment in the ...
A HANDBOOK FOR VICTIMS AND THEIR ADVOCATES officials.447 Incommunicado detention in the case law of the Inter-American System generally refers to situations in which arrested persons are not brought before a judge or other ...
Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, Claudia Martin, 2006
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Human Rights Watch Setting an Example? Counter-terrorism ...
20, adopted in 1992, the Committee recommends that provisions be taken against incommunicado detention.57 The U.N. Commission on Human Rights has repeatedly reaffirmed this position, most recently in a 2003 resolution, holding the ...
Human Rights Watch (Organization), 2005
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Zero Comments: Blogging and Critical Internet Culture
The term incommunicado refers to a state of being without the means or rights to communicate, especially in the case of incommunicado detention and the threat of massive human rights violations. The latter also implies an extra-judicial space  ...
Geert Lovink, 2013
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Comparative Legal Approaches to Homeland Security and ...
Article 520 specifies that, by court order, the suspect may be kept incommunicado and without legal counsel during the detention and "most suspected terrorist detainees are held incommunicado for at least the first forty-eight hours in custody" ...
James Beckman, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCOMMUNICADO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term incommunicado is used in the context of the following news items.
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Elderly British tourists released in Mongolia after 'unfortunate terror …
They had their phones confiscated and were held incommunicado in police cells for two days in "not good conditions" before consular visits ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Lawyer's Teen Son Missing in Widening Crackdown on China's …
At least 222 lawyers, law firm employees and rights activists had been detained, summoned for questioning, or were incommunicado or held ... «Radio Free Asia, Jul 15»
3
De Blasio, Cuomo both failing the homeless — and the city | New …
Yet while they're incommunicado, these self-appointed progressives oversee a system that allows many men and women who are mentally ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
4
Dispatches: Death of a Tibetan Monk | Human Rights Watch
... never ceased to be an inspiration to Tibetans and a thorn in the side of Chinese officials even while held virtually incommunicado in prison. «Human Rights Watch, Jul 15»
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Where will New Horizons go now, after passing Pluto? - The Times …
The pioneers too are now incommunicado, but the Voyagers are still sending signals, 36 years after their launch. The Pioneer 10 and Pioneer ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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Dzamara and Zim's grisly human rights record - The Zimbabwe …
... is Jestina Mukoko, a prominent human rights activist who in 2008 was abducted by state security agents and kept incommunicado for weeks. «Zimbabwe Independent, Jul 15»
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allAfrica.com: Egypt: Arbitrary Detention of Young Individuals Is …
Arrested by security forces agents on 18 May 2014, Ahmed Mahmoud was held incommunicado for almost a year on charges of "belonging to a ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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25 years of violating Indian nuns with impunity - The Malaysian Insider
She is suddenly whisked away after the crime and “asked” to live incommunicado temporarily, or in some cases indefinitely. When sex crimes ... «The Malaysian Insider, Jul 15»
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What about Americans still held in Iran? Opinionline - USA Today
Sarah Shourd, The Daily Beast: “I was (released) after 410 days as a political hostage held in incommunicado, solitary detention in Iran without ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
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Qatar's 'Efficiency' Praised Amid Ongoing Rights and Bribery …
Torture, incommunicado detentions, suppression of the press, and a lack of women's rights are common in the country, according to Amnesty ... «VICE News, Jul 15»

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