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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The document is unspecific as to how often or how far jail personnel would have to transport ICE’s prisoners.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2025
On July 18, the United States and Venezuela carried out a wide-ranging prisoner swap.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
Their jailers offer the prisoners a deal: Option 1: If neither prisoner informs on the other, both will receive relatively light sentences.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
The Florida court contrived a weird and arbitrary compromise, granting new sentencing hearings only to death row prisoners whose sentences were considered final after 2002, when the U.S. court issued a decision that was a precursor to Hurst’s.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2025
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2025
On July 18, the United States and Venezuela carried out a wide-ranging prisoner swap.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
Their jailers offer the prisoners a deal: Option 1: If neither prisoner informs on the other, both will receive relatively light sentences.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
The Florida court contrived a weird and arbitrary compromise, granting new sentencing hearings only to death row prisoners whose sentences were considered final after 2002, when the U.S. court issued a decision that was a precursor to Hurst’s.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prisoner
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But the latest hostage videos, showing emaciated captives in a, frankly, appalling state have provoked shock and outrage across Israel.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
4 Aug. 2025
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And nothing about what is happening in Gaza is fulfilling the most urgent Torah duty of redeeming the captives.—
Rachel Timoner,
New York Daily News,
2 Aug. 2025
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The deregulation movement championed by Alfred Kahn, Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan was largely intended to reduce regulatory capture, by which industries managed to turn regulations to their benefit, protecting them from competition.—
Michael Lynch,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Fire it up, and you are presented with all the audio inputs available on your capture device.—
Phil Nickinson,
PC Magazine,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Prisoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prisoner. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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