prisoner
Example Sentences
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Once a prisoner is out, he is out—and the whole world can see for itself.
The doctor, Arreaza, said he had been denied permission to go inside to check on the prisoners, and it was not clear whether any of them were also on hunger strike.
From Barron's
Pressure is growing on the Venezuelan interim government to free the remaining political prisoners being held in the country.
From BBC
On Jan. 21 the U.S. ambassador to the Organization of American States estimated that Venezuela was holding about 1,000 political prisoners.
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
