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Prisoner Person Captured Enemy War Wartime Hostages Concentration Camp

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A p_______ is a person who has been captured by an enemy, for example in war.A prisoner is a person who has been captured by an enemy, for example in war.
...wartime hostages and concentration-camp prisoners.
He was held prisoner in Vietnam from 1966 to 1973.
He was taken prisoner in North Africa in 1942.
word prisoner
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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.
A prisoner is a person who has been captured by an enemy, for example in war.
...wartime hostages and concentration-camp prisoners.
He was held prisoner in Vietnam from 1966 to 1973.
He was taken prisoner in North Africa in 1942.
If you say that you are a prisoner of a situation, you mean that you are trapped by it.
We are all prisoners of our childhood and feel an obligation to it.
She was a prisoner of her own ego.
inflections prisoners
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