Meaning of prisoner | Babel Free

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1. A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence
2. imprisoned
3. A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.
4. Any person held against their will
5. a building in which criminals are kept; a jail. He was sent to prison; He is in prison. tronk سِجْن затвор prisão vězení das Gefängnis fængsel φυλακήprisión, cárcel vangla زندان vankila prison בֵּית-סוֹהָר कारागार börtön penjara fangelsi prigione 刑務所 형무소 kalėjimas cietums penjara gevangenisfengselwięzienie زندان،جيل prisão închisoare тюрьма väzenie zapor zatvor fängelse คุก hapisane 監獄 в'язниця قيد خانہ، جيل nhà tù 监狱
6. Any person held against their will.
7. A person who is or feels confined or trapped by a situation or a set of circumstances
8. anyone who has been captured and is held against his will as a criminal, in a war etc. The prisoners escaped from jail. prisonier سَجين затворник prisioneiro vězeň, -kyně der/die Gefangene fange φυλακισμένος, αιχμάλωτος preso, recluso; prisionero vang زندانی vanki prisonnier/-ière אסיר बन्दी rab tahanan fangi prigioniero 囚人 죄수 kalinys, belaisvis cietumnieks; ieslodzītais banduan gevangenefangewięzień بندى prisioneiro prizo­nier заключённый väzeň, väzenka zapornik zatvorenik fånge นักโทษ tutuk...
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9. A person who is or feels confined or trapped by a situation or a set of circumstances.
10. – a member of the armed forces captured in a war. krygsgevangenes سَجين حَرْب، أسير военнопленник prisioneiro de guerra válečný zajatec der/die Kriegsgefangene krigsfange αιχμάλωτος πολέμου prisionero de guerra sõjavang اسیر جنگی sotavanki prisonnier de guerreשבוי युद्ध बंदी hadifogoly tawanan perang stríðsfangi prigioniero di guerra 捕虜 전쟁 포로 karo belaisvis karagūsteknis tawanan perang krijgsgevangenekrigsfange jeniec wojenny د جګړى اسير prisioneiro de guerra prizonier de război военнопленный...
11. to (capture and) confine (a person) against his will. Many soldiers were killed and the rest taken prisoner; She was kept prisoner in a locked room. aangehou يأسُر، يَحْتَجِز затварям prender vzít do/držet v zajetí gefangennehmen, –halten tage til fange; holde fangen αιχμαλωτίζω, κρατώ κπ. αιχμάλωτο hacer prisionero vangi võtma, vangis hoidma اسیر کردن ottaa, pitää vankina faire prisonnierאסור बंदी बनाना foglyul ejt / fogságban tart mengalihkan pikiran atau perhatian taka til fanga, halda í f...
12. A person held in custody, captivity, or a condition of forcible restraint, especially while on trial or serving a prison sentence.
13. One deprived of freedom of expression or action: "He was a prisoner of his own personality—of that given set of traits that ... predisposed him to see the world in a certain way, to make certain moves, certain choices" (William H. Hallahan).
14. To kill all of an enemy or a population.
15. To be ruthless or unrestrained, as in an undertaking: "Grandmother was both very pretty and very mouthy. She took no prisoners" (Nicki Giovanni).
16. (Law) 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
17. a person confined by any of various restraints: we are all prisoners of time.

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Examples

“Two other prisoners were staying in the same cell as him.”

“The evidence disclosed that the three prisoners were in a public-house together with the prosecutor, Abraham Rhodes, and that in concert with the other two prisoners, the prisoner John Dewhirst placed a pencase on the table in the room where they were assembled, and left the room to get writing-paper.”

“American journalist Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan were among the 24 detainees released as part of a complex prisoner swap between Russia, the US and other Western nations. […] Krasikov, a former high-ranking FSB colonel serving a life sentence in a German prison, was on the top of Moscow’s list of Russian prisoners it wanted to exchange.”

“And gainſt the General we will lift our ſwords / And either lanch his greedie thirſting throat, / Or take him priſoner, and his chaine ſhall ſerue / For Manackles, till he be ranſom’d home.”

“Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile ; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.”

“I am no longer a prisoner to fear, for I am a child of God.”

“I'm a prisoner of your love.”

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