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
And he, at a tyme, by chaunge of fortune in bataile, was take prisoner into Cartage, being of gret age than.
From The Boke of Noblesse by Unknown
It was but the affair of a day to the intrepid citizens to attack the fortress of Ecluse, carry it by assault, and take prisoner the old count of Namur.
From Holland The History of the Netherlands by Grattan, Thomas Colley
“You are the last man I wanted to take prisoner under such circumstances.”
From Janice Meredith by Ford, Paul Leicester
Captivate, capture.—To captivate means "to fascinate"; to capture, "to take prisoner."
From Practical Exercises in English by Buehler, Huber Gray
