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Acronyms that contain the term detention
What does detention mean? This page is about the various possible meanings of the acronym, abbreviation, shorthand or slang term: detention.
| Term | Definition | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| MDC | Metropolitan Detention Center | |
| ASD | After School Detention | |
| ADC | Adult Detention Center | |
| DC | Detention of Communists | |
| MCDC | Multnomah County Detention Center | |
| CDO | Civilian Detention Officer | |
| DDO | Designated Detention Officer | |
| ACDF | Arlington County Detention Facility | |
| ADDD | Assistant Director for Detention and Deportation | |
| WJDA | Wisconsin Juvenile Detention Association | |
| CDU | Central Detention Unit | |
| FHD | Federal House of Detention | |
| WDB | Wet Detention Basin | |
| ECDF | West County Detention Facility | |
| DBC | Detention Block C | |
| JDH | Juvenile Detention Hall | |
| DETCOM | DETention of COMmunists | |
| DA | Detention Anonymous | |
| EPCDF | El Paso County Detention Facility | |
| UNDF | United Nations Detention Facility | |
| CPDRC | Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center | |
| CRDF | Century Regional Detention Facility | |
| JDC | Juvenile Detention Center | |
| PD ACT | Preventive Detention Act | |
| YDC | Youth Detention Center |
What does detention mean?
- detention, detainment, hold, custody(noun)
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
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