as in captive
one that has been taken and held in confinement
the prisoners were fed only bread and water twice a day
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Recent Examples of prisoner
Haydar was prisoner 13077 at Abu Ghraib, one of those photographed by the American army prison guards in various positions of agony.
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Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
Many of the cells are not equipped with alarm buttons because, according to several inmates, other prisoners tampered with them.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 5 Nov. 2025
The goal for the program, launched in 2006 and primarily based in California, is to help prisoners find alternate means of communicating and conflict resolution during eight- to 10-week workshops in prisons across the state.
—Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Violent images of prisoners being interrogated at Abu Ghraib prison complex eventually came out, damaging the United States’ standing on the world stage and sparking a Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA’s interrogation program.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2025
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Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
Many of the cells are not equipped with alarm buttons because, according to several inmates, other prisoners tampered with them.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 5 Nov. 2025
The goal for the program, launched in 2006 and primarily based in California, is to help prisoners find alternate means of communicating and conflict resolution during eight- to 10-week workshops in prisons across the state.
—Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Violent images of prisoners being interrogated at Abu Ghraib prison complex eventually came out, damaging the United States’ standing on the world stage and sparking a Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA’s interrogation program.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prisoner
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In Empire City, when a hostage crisis erupts inside New York’s landmark Clybourn Building, firefighter Rhett (Butler), his squad, and his NYPD wife Dani (Atwell) must fight and navigate their way through the building to rescue the captives.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the bodies did not belong to any of the remaining captives.—
Doha Madani,
NBC news,
2 Nov. 2025
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This one's for the Zoomers, as the uncanny motion-capture animation of Robert Zemeckis' The Polar Express creeped out many older audience members.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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The suspects are both repeat offenders who avoided capture for 10 days before authorities caught up with them.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Prisoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prisoner. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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