Synonyms for prisoner
ˈprɪz ə nər, ˈprɪz nərpris·on·er

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1. prisoner, captivenoun

   a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war

   Synonyms:
   captive

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1. prisonernoun

   Synonyms:
   captive

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1. List of paraphrases for "prisoner":

   prisoners, inmate, detainee, captive, convict, detained, captives, inmates, detainees, captured, pows

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1. Liz Throssell:

   We are deeply concerned that, after recent fighting in Benghazi, people taken prisoner by members of the Libyan National Army, which effectively controls eastern Libya, may be at imminent risk of torture and even summary execution, reports have suggested the involvement of Special Forces, a unit aligned with the LNA, in torturing detainees and summarily executing at least 10 captured men.

2. Rod Blagojevich:

   [Radislav Blagojevich] spent four years in a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp during the war for fighting on the side of the Allies, and then was in a refugee camp for three years, waiting for the chance to hopefully have the United States Congress-- that one day, his youngest son would become a member of-- pass a law called the Displaced Persons Act, that permitted my father and millions of others like him, with these long and hard-to-pronounce last names a chance to come to America, to pursue freedom and opportunity.

3. Paul Wright:

   You hire a tax professional for tax advice, you hire a lawyer for legal advice, so of course you're going to hire an ex-prisoner for prison advice, it's all about working the system.

4. Aecio Neves:

   A nation like Brazil that has a president who was once a political prisoner cannot keep silent when it sees a neighboring country keep almost 90 political prisoners, it is time the Brazilian government acted in defense of democracy in Venezuela.

5. Dale Baich:

   Midazolam, the first drug in the three-drug formula used by Oklahoma, is not capable of producing the necessary, deep anesthesia to insure that a prisoner will not experience severe pain, needless suffering and a lingering death during the lethal injection process.