prisoner in English: A person who is kept in a prison, or who is held and cannot go free. (noun)

Translation

A person who is kept in a prison, or who is held and cannot go free.

Word origin

From Old French prisonier, from prison, a place of holding.

Gender

Pluralprisoners

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They were people being kept in the jail.

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Here the prisoners are people caught in a war.

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Then he will no longer be a prisoner.

prison

A building where people are locked up after a court says they broke the law.

jail

A building where people are locked up after they break the law.

police

The official group of people whose job is to stop crime and keep people safe.

free

Not costing any money, or not held back or kept in by anyone.

catch

To take hold of something that is moving through the air with your hands.

capture

To catch a person or an animal and hold them so that they cannot get away.

kidnap

To take someone away by force and keep them, usually to get money.

torture

The act of hurting someone badly on purpose, often to make them talk or to punish them.

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