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prisoner
[ priz-uh-ner, priz-ner ]
noun
- a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
- a person or thing that is deprived of liberty or kept in restraint.
prisoner
/ ˈ±è°ùɪ³úÉ™²ÔÉ™ /
noun
- a person deprived of liberty and kept in prison or some other form of custody as a punishment for a crime, while awaiting trial, or for some other reason
- a person confined by any of various restraints
we are all prisoners of time
- take no prisoners informal.to be uncompromising and resolute in one's actions
- take someone prisonerto capture and hold someone as a prisoner, esp as a prisoner of war
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“It’s a very serious matter, and it’s costly and there’s a lot of resources used by the state,†even though California has not executed a prisoner in years, Ford said.
Last year, Jones was transferred out of San Quentin after Newsom ordered prison officials to dismantle death row and integrate the condemned prisoners into the general populations at other state institutions.
She told the jury her "style" was always to have an "open-door policy" and lots of contact with prisoners.
During the negotiations, the gunmen demanded the release of 91 political prisoners held in Iran as well as an aircraft to take them and the hostages out of the UK.
Those who don't qualify for the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage include the self-employed, company directors, volunteers, members of the armed forces and prisoners.
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