prisoner

noun

ˈpriz-nər How to pronounce prisoner (audio)
Definition of prisonernext
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 Wars come and go, Napoleon rises and falls and these two men remain prisoners of a beef neither seems capable of escaping. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026 The government maintains that under existing rules, prisoners are provided medical treatment in jail and can be transferred to government hospitals when necessary. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 The government insists that prisoners are provided with proper medical care and sent to hospital if required. — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 Eventually, the prisoner must be delivered to the BOP institution designated to receive him or her. — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for prisoner
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prisoner
  1. captive
  2. capture
Noun
  • In a video widely shared on social media on Monday, a voice threatened to execute the captives if security operations against them continued.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Local authorities did not say how the captives were rescued from the dense, expansive forest of the Kainji Lake National Park.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of captive
Noun
  • What Google's Documentation Says This frame-rate dropping functionality isn’t revealed to the user at capture time.
    — Paul Monckton, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Survey methods include live capture, audio recordings and sampling their genetic material from the environment.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of capture

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“Prisoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prisoner. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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