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
One vice president had allowed scores of Taliban prisoners to suffocate to death in shipping containers.
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Dan Fisher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
The Original Evidence Disruptor Archibald Cochrane was a British physician and epidemiologist who served as a prisoner-of-war doctor in World War II.
—Anna Forsythe, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Both were later returned to Venezuela in a prisoner exchange.
—Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
This wasn’t the first prisoner transfer from Mexico to the United States.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
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Dan Fisher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
The Original Evidence Disruptor Archibald Cochrane was a British physician and epidemiologist who served as a prisoner-of-war doctor in World War II.
—Anna Forsythe, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Both were later returned to Venezuela in a prisoner exchange.
—Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
This wasn’t the first prisoner transfer from Mexico to the United States.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prisoner
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The proposal Hamas has accepted stipulates a temporary 60-day ceasefire, during which the Israeli army would relocate to allow the entry of humanitarian aid, while half of the 50 Israeli captives would be exchanged for Palestinian prisoners within the same time frame, Al-Jazeera reported.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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On Friday, some of the hostage families said they were briefed by Israeli military officials that the operation could risk the captives’ lives.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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While the solar capture component is still subject to thermal effects, the energy storage component benefits from the heat.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
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International implications of using foreign fighters By allowing non-Ukrainians to serve, Kyiv runs the risk of these fighters being labelled as mercenaries by Russia, leaving them vulnerable to capture, detention and extradition to Russia.—
Rebecca Johns,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Prisoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prisoner. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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