prisoner
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prisoner/ˈprɪznə(r)/
▶noun a person legally committed to prison.
■ a person captured and kept confined.
■ a person trapped by a situation or circumstances.
– phrases
take no prisoners be ruthlessly aggressive or uncompromising in the pursuit of one's objectives.
take no prisoners be ruthlessly aggressive or uncompromising in the pursuit of one's objectives.
'prisoner' also found in these Oxford entries:
ball and chain
- bilboes
- bond
- caitiff
- captive
- cell
- charge
- condemned cell
- death cell
- fetter
- goon
- handcuff
- hang
- house arrest
- hunger strike
- intern
- internee
- leg iron
- parole
- plea
- political prisoner
- POW
- pre-release
- prisoner of conscience
- prisoner of state
- prisoner of war
- prisoner's base
- prisoner's dilemma
- shackle
- solitary confinement
- spring
- state prisoner
- straitjacket
- trusty
- warehouse
- work release
