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prisoner

[ priz-uh-ner, priz-ner ]

noun

  1. a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
  2. a person or thing that is deprived of liberty or kept in restraint.


prisoner

/ ˈɪəə /

noun

  1. a person deprived of liberty and kept in prison or some other form of custody as a punishment for a crime, while awaiting trial, or for some other reason
  2. a person confined by any of various restraints

    we are all prisoners of time

  3. take no prisoners informal.
    to be uncompromising and resolute in one's actions
  4. take someone prisoner
    to capture and hold someone as a prisoner, esp as a prisoner of war
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of prisoner1

1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French. See prison, -er 2
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The justice secretary said the vast majority of trans women inmates are within the male estate, and she had not moved any trans prisoners into women's jails since taking office last July.

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Noting the black triangle sewed to the man’s uniform, the Nazis’ label for trans prisoners, Bertie realizes the man must have escaped from nearby Dachau.

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The false positives came from urine drug tests given to prisoners undergoing treatment for drug addiction, and were not part of the random drug tests that inmates could face when they’re suspected of drug use.

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One group which says is defending the rights of prisoners has claimed responsibility for attacks over the past two weeks in a series of posts on the Telegram social network, French media is reporting.

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A convicted robber who was at least the ninth person to escape a reentry program facility for California state prisoners this year has been captured in Las Vegas.

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