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prisoner

noun as in person jailed for crime; person kept against his or her will

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His works include 1930s classic "La Grande Illusion", following two French prisoners of war trying to escape German captivity during World War I.

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In exchange, Israel has released nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners in its custody and returned the bodies of hundreds of dead Palestinians.

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Research suggests that a prisoner's offence can be partially attributed to acquired brain injuries, which are found to impair judgement and skew decision making.

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The man is said to have served at a prisoner of war camp in Hemer, western Germany, which held at least 100,000 inmates, mostly from the Soviet Union.

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A prisoner pressed his face to a small, square hole in one of the cell doors.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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