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
Captivate, capture.—To captivate means "to fascinate"; to capture, "to take prisoner."
From Practical Exercises in English by Buehler, Huber Gray
"You mean your enemies whom you take prisoner in battle."
From Captain Jinks, Hero by Beard, Daniel Carter
Frank and Jimmie hastened down the slope to the west, after toiling up and crossing the broken summit, and soon caught sight of the man they had been instructed to take prisoner.
From The Boy Scout Camera Club, or, the Confession of a Photograph by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)
It was my good fortune to take prisoner Lieutenant Powell, the officer in command, and to receive as my own a fine silver-mounted revolver, which he reluctantly placed in my hand.
From Three Years in the Federal Cavalry by Glazier, Willard W.
