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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 |
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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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