Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coprisoner
Noun
-
The story centers on a unit of nine soldiers – drawn from across the military hierarchy – dispatched to Tsushima Island to bring home Koreans taken prisoner by Japanese pirate groups.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
6 May 2026 -
The poor conditions were also the backdrop for a push in 1980 by the New Progressive Party governor at the time, Carlos Romero Barceló, to codify voting rights for prisoners.—
Raquel Rutledge,
ProPublica,
5 May 2026
Noun
-
The film, though, does stand as an interesting experiment — a movie that began its life as a motion-capture project, and ended up turning to animation.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
4 May 2026
-
The capture of then-President Nicolás Maduro upended Venezuela earlier this year, but speakers said Venezuelans still would face danger and political repression there.—
Megan Vaz,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
Noun
-
The captives come to believe there has been a coup, which is confirmed by the executions.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
-
Sports franchises everywhere can be tacky, rapacious, incompetent, extortionate, and otherwise exploitative, but only because their customers, the fans, are essentially captives.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Coprisoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coprisoner. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
