take prisoner

Example Sentences

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The Russians were easy to take prisoner, and some had served for little more than a month, according to their documents.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2024

Him also did Christoval de Olid take prisoner.

From History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII. by Means, Philip Ainsworth

There was now a chance that the American submarine might move alongside and take prisoner the German birdmen in the damaged machine.

From The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet by Driscoll, James R. [pseud.]

The young gentleman in question certainly made his flock obey him in a wonderful manner, his chief object being to take prisoner a pigeon from his neighbour’s flock. 

From A Journey to Katmandu (the Capital of Napaul), with The Camp of Jung Bahadoor; including A Sketch of the Nepaulese Ambassador at Home by Oliphant, Laurence

You, Mr Raystoke, and four men stop back, and form the reserve, to take prisoner any one who tries to escape.”

From Cutlass and Cudgel by Schonberg, J.