When Someone Is Incommunicado?

Traditionally, to be incommunicado means to be without access to any method of communication. That often applies to someone who is imprisoned, sequestered, or otherwise engaged and having no access to a telephone or other communication device: “You ain't supposed to have no lawyer yet.

What does it mean to be held incommunicado?

: without means of communication : in a situation or state not allowing communication a prisoner held incommunicado remained incommunicado while working on her book.

What does incommunicado mean as it is used in this text?

/ˌɪn.kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkɑː.doʊ/ uk. /ˌɪn.kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkɑː.dəʊ/ not communicating with anyone else because you do not want to or are not allowed to: His secretary says he will be incommunicado for the rest of the day.

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

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