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prisoner

[priz-uh-ner, priz-ner] / ˈprɪz ə nər, ˈprɪz nər /
NOUN
person jailed for crime; person kept against his or her will
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On Jan. 21 the U.S. ambassador to the Organization of American States estimated that Venezuela was holding about 1,000 political prisoners.

From The Wall Street Journal

But those prisoner transfers have not eased tensions on the U.S.-Mexico border where cartel drones regularly fly into U.S. airspace, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

From Los Angeles Times

Cooling their heels in a Venetian jail in 1755, Giacomo Casanova and the prisoner in the cell above him contrived one of the more imaginative escapes in the annals of criminology.

From The Wall Street Journal

His party hails him as "one of the youngest prisoners of war".

From Barron's

More prisoners could be released as part of an amnesty bill presented to the National Assembly.

From The Wall Street Journal