as in captives
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 prisoners
Bush described this as a way to support employment, family ties, and stability, recognizing that reentry affects not just former prisoners but also public safety.
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Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The church, which served unhoused people, recently released prisoners, and other vulnerable populations, left an unofficial halfway house in its wake.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
Belarus' state news agency Belta said the prisoners freed on Thursday included 14 foreign nationals from Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, France, Britain and Germany.
—Andrius Sytas, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
One of the officers named in the lawsuit, State Patrol Sergeant Tyson Underwood, was also a defendant in a separate complaint by five prisoners’ rights protestors, who in 2020 were arrested and told they had been banned from the Capitol grounds for one year.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 10 Sep. 2025
The use of El Salvador's CECOT prison was denounced by human rights groups and Democrats in Congress for its reputation as a place where prisoners were tortured and never released.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
In exchange, Israel would release a number of Palestinian prisoners.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Elsewhere there will be Waiting For the Out, the adaptation of Andy West’s memoir written by Dennis Kelly about a philosopher teaching prisoners concepts such as dominance and free will only to have his own past unravel.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Biden's commutations on Monday changed the sentences of 37 of 40 death row prisoners to life in prison without parole.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The church, which served unhoused people, recently released prisoners, and other vulnerable populations, left an unofficial halfway house in its wake.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
Belarus' state news agency Belta said the prisoners freed on Thursday included 14 foreign nationals from Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, France, Britain and Germany.
—Andrius Sytas, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
One of the officers named in the lawsuit, State Patrol Sergeant Tyson Underwood, was also a defendant in a separate complaint by five prisoners’ rights protestors, who in 2020 were arrested and told they had been banned from the Capitol grounds for one year.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 10 Sep. 2025
The use of El Salvador's CECOT prison was denounced by human rights groups and Democrats in Congress for its reputation as a place where prisoners were tortured and never released.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
In exchange, Israel would release a number of Palestinian prisoners.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Elsewhere there will be Waiting For the Out, the adaptation of Andy West’s memoir written by Dennis Kelly about a philosopher teaching prisoners concepts such as dominance and free will only to have his own past unravel.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Biden's commutations on Monday changed the sentences of 37 of 40 death row prisoners to life in prison without parole.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prisoners
captives
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The regulatory environment at the state level, where insurance is regulated, continues to evolve and support growth in the use of captives.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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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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“Prisoners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prisoners. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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