Prisoner definition
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A person held in custody.
noun
One deprived of freedom of expression or action.
noun
A person captured or held captive.
A prisoner of love.
noun
A person held in custody, captivity, or a condition of forcible restraint, especially while on trial or serving a prison sentence.
noun
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A person confined in prison, as for some crime.
noun
Any person held against his or her will.
noun
take no prisoners
- To kill all of an enemy or a population.
- To be ruthless or unrestrained, as in an undertaking:
idiom
take no prisoners
- a command to kill all enemy combatants in a military engagementA political campaign that took no prisoners.
idiom
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
prisoner
Plural:
prisoners