take prisoner
Example Sentences
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The Russians were easy to take prisoner, and some had served for little more than a month, according to their documents.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2024
Cliges rushes about the field, seeking adversaries with whom to joust, but not a knight presents himself whom he does not cast down or take prisoner.
From Four Arthurian Romances by Comfort, William Wistar
Captivate, capture.—To captivate means "to fascinate"; to capture, "to take prisoner."
From Practical Exercises in English by Buehler, Huber Gray
I was also constantly to patrol the lines of the native regiments, to confine the sepoys to their huts, and to take prisoner any who ventured outside.
From A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi With an Account of the Mutiny at Ferozepore in 1857 by Griffiths, Charles John
“You are the last man I wanted to take prisoner under such circumstances.”
From Janice Meredith by Ford, Paul Leicester
