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prisoner
noun [C] /ˈprɪz.ən.ər/
/-ɚ/ Definition
B1 a person who is kept in prison as a punishment: Prisoners climbed onto the prison roof to protest at the conditions inside the prison. → See also political prisonerPeople held in prison hold/keep/take sb prisoner C2 to catch someone and guard them so that they cannot escape: Of 10,000 troops, 7,000 were killed, wounded or taken prisoner. The pilot and several passengers were held prisoner by the gunmen for 57 hours.Putting people in prison
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Synonyms and related words:
- at His/Her Majesty's pleasure idiom
- bang sb up phrasal verb
- behind bars idiom
- captivity noun
- commit verb (SEND)
- confine verb
- gaol noun, verb
- hold verb (KEEP)
- house arrest noun
- immured adjective
- imprison verb
- incarcerate verb
- intern verb
- prison noun
- put sb away phrasal verb
- remand noun
- remand verb
- restraint noun
- serve verb (SPEND TIME)
- stretch noun (TIME)
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