prisoner
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In a state of the nation address earlier this month, he said he would instruct the justice minister to look at possible prisoner releases.
From BBC
While several activists have been released in recent years, human rights groups estimate that tens of thousands of political prisoners remain in detention -- claims which the authorities deny.
From Barron's
Vladimir Putin was interested in meeting Witkoff—so interested that he might consider releasing an American prisoner to him.
Cristobal’s father had worked for the Cuban national police before becoming a political prisoner and fleeing to the U.S. in 1961.
It had previously described charges against Mr Davies and another Briton captured in Ukraine as "false" and said the pair were prisoners of war.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
