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prisoner
[priz-uh-ner, priz-ner]
noun
a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
a person or thing that is deprived of liberty or kept in restraint.
prisoner
/ ˈɪəə /
noun
a person deprived of liberty and kept in prison or some other form of custody as a punishment for a crime, while awaiting trial, or for some other reason
a person confined by any of various restraints
we are all prisoners of time
informalto be uncompromising and resolute in one's actions
to capture and hold someone as a prisoner, esp as a prisoner of war
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
The unit was part of "Storm-V", a detachment of the 127th motorised rifle division made up almost entirely of freed prisoners.
Plaschke’s column helped to remind me that I am not alone and this dreaded disease indeed takes no prisoners no matter who you are.
Many Palestinian prisoners languish in what Israel calls “administrative detention,” a status created for Palestinians that allows lengthy detention without charge.
Medinsky announced that Russia would begin exchanging "severely wounded prisoners" on Thursday.
Kurdish human rights group Hengaw said at least 582 prisoners, including 19 political, religious, and security inmates, had been executed in Iranian prisons so far this year.
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