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  • prisoner — pris|on|er W2S3 [ˈprızənə US ər] n 1.) someone who is kept in a prison as a legal punishment for a crime or while they are waiting for their ↑trial →↑guard, imprison ↑imprison ▪ Relationships between the staff and the prisoners are good. ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • prisoner — [[t]prɪ̱zənə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ prisoners 1) N COUNT A prisoner is a person who is kept in a prison as a punishment for a crime that they have committed. The committee is concerned about the large number of prisoners sharing cells. Syn: inmate 2) N COUNT …   English dictionary

  • Prisoner — may refer to one of the following: * A person incarcerated in a prison or jail or similar facility * Prisoner of war, a soldier in wartime, held as by an enemy * Political prisoner, someone held in prison for their ideology * A person forcibly… …   Wikipedia

  • Prisoner of conscience — (POC) is a term coined by the human rights group Amnesty International in the early 1960s. It can refer to anyone imprisoned because of their race, religion, color, language, sexual orientation, belief, or lifestyle so long as they have not used… …   Wikipedia

  • prisoner — [priz′nər, priz′ən ər] n. [ME < OFr prisonier] 1. a person confined in prison, as for some crime 2. a person held in custody 3. a person captured or held captive: often in metaphorical usage [a prisoner of love] …   English World dictionary

  • Prisoner — Pris on*er, n. [F. prisonnier.] 1. One who is confined in a prison. Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] 2. A person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or not; a person held in involuntary restraint; a captive; as, a prisoner at the bar of a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Prisoner's base — Prisoner Pris on*er, n. [F. prisonnier.] 1. One who is confined in a prison. Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] 2. A person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or not; a person held in involuntary restraint; a captive; as, a prisoner at the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prisoner of conscience — A person imprisoned on account of his or her political beliefs • • • Main Entry: ↑conscience prisoner of conscience see under ↑conscience • • • Main Entry: ↑prison * * * noun, pl prisoners of conscience [count] : someone who is held in prison… …   Useful english dictionary

  • prisoner's dilemma — n. in game theory, a situation in which, if each of the individuals involved chooses the most rational option for gaining his or her own ends, the least desirable outcome for all will necessarily result * * * Imaginary situation employed in game… …   Universalium

  • prisoner — pris·on·er n: a person deprived of liberty and kept under involuntary restraint, confinement, or custody; esp: one under arrest, awaiting trial, on trial, or serving a prison sentence Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996.… …   Law dictionary

  • prisoner — prisoner, captive both denote one who is deprived of his liberty. Prisoner is the general term, applicable to anyone so deprived, but it is frequently used in a more specific sense, and applied to one who is confined to a prison or held under… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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