prisoner : Idioms & Phrases


political prisoner

  • noun someone who is imprisoned because of their political views
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prisoner of war

  • noun a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war
    POW.
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prisoner of war camp

  • noun a camp for prisoners of war
    prison camp; POW camp; internment camp.
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prisoner of war censorship

  • noun military censorship of communication to and from prisoners of war and civilian internees held by the armed forces
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Prisoner's base

  • noun a children's game; two teams capture opposing players by tagging them and taking them to their own base
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  • . See Base, n., 24.
Webster 1913

State prisoner

  • one is confinement, or under arrest, for a political offense.
Webster 1913