Topic: JAIL AND PUNISHMENT
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[countable]1SCJ someone who is kept in a prison as a legal punishment for a crime or while they are waiting for their trial [↪ guard, imprison]: Relationships between the staff and the prisoners are good. Prisoners here only serve short sentences. The organization is arguing for the release of political prisoners (=people in prison because of their political opinions).
Relationships between the staff and the prisoners are good.Prisoners here only serve short sentences.The organization is arguing for the release of political prisoners (=people in prison because of their political opinions).2SCPM someone who is taken by force and kept somewhere [= captive]
hold/keep somebody prisoner The guerillas kept her prisoner for three months. He was being held prisoner.
The guerillas kept her prisoner for three months.He was being held prisoner.3 someone who is in a place or situation from which they cannot escape : He is a prisoner of his own past.
He is a prisoner of his own past.
