coprisoner

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Noun
  • Beyond the gate are hundreds of white crosses, marking the graves of Parchman’s long-dead prisoners.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Venezuela's government has denied that prisoners have been unjustly detained and had accused them of plotting to destabilize Maduro’s regime.
    Abigail Williams, NBC news, 14 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Together, Halverson’s gritty voice and Forster’s full-bodied vocal capture the tensions between romance and ambition.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Washington’s rhetoric over a potential assault on the Danish territory has been given greater credence by its capture of Venezuela’s president, and European leaders are scrambling to respond.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • While all colonial enslavers were anxious about the possibility of poisoning plots in general, other, more local, even personal, concerns existed, such as an enslaver’s fear that one of his captives might try to hasten his death by putting something toxic in his food.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The captives perch preciously on the head of a slave trader who looks straight ahead, indifferent to the others’ suffering.
    James Meyer, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
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“Coprisoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coprisoner. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.

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