OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 18039

prisoner

/ˈpɹɪzənə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
preso • prisionero
A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.
The evidence disclosed that the three prisoners were in a public-house together with the prosecutor, Abraham Rhodes, and that in concert with the other two prisoners, the prisoner…
Two other prisoners were staying in the same cell as him.
preso • prisionero
Any person held against their will.
Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile ; he could not…
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