Definition of incommunicado in real context with images and illustrations for advanced English learners with text-to-speech
/ˌɪn.kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkɑː.dəʊ/ (adj & adv)
Definition
deprived of communication with other people for security reasons or under duress, prevented from reaching others, not in contact with other people, unwilling to communicate, out of touch, in solitary confinement
Example
incommunicado means without a means of communicating. By statute in England a person detained is not supposed to be kept incommunicado: Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
In Scotland the position is much the same except for cases of detention under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980, which allows the police to detain a person for a fixed time, without access to a solicitor.
Source of example: https://law.en-academic.com/
Antonyms
gregarious, sociable, extrovert
