Prisoner
noun
1.
a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
2.
prisoner of war.
3.
a person or thing that is deprived of liberty or kept in restraint.
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.
(informal) take no prisoners, 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
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