Phrase Hound found 17 phrases and 3 compound words that contain prisoner. The most common are listed below. Open prisoner in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 17
- prisoner of warA combatant or soldier who is captured by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict.
- prisoner of conscienceAnyone imprisoned because of their race, religion, or political views.
- prisoner of hopeOne who remains hopeful in spite of circumstances that seem hopeless.
- political prisonerA person imprisoned for their political views or political activism.
- prisoner swapA deal between opposing sides in a conflict, in which each side agrees to release prisoners.
- ghost prisonerA prisoner not included in official prison records, and not reported to the Red Cross as a detainee.
- prisoner exchangeSynonym of prisoner swap: A deal between opposing sides in a conflict, in which each side agrees to release prisoners.
- prisoner exchangesplural of prisoner exchange: A deal between opposing sides in a conflict, in which each side agrees to release prisoners.
- Spanish prisonerSomebody posing as a wealthy person of high status who has been imprisoned under a false identity; part of a confidence trick in which the mark is encouraged to give money to secure the release of the prisoner, who will then be in a …
- star prisonerA person in prison for the first time.
- prisoner-of-war campA camp in which prisoners of war are interned.
- prisoner-of-war campsplural of prisoner-of-war camp: A camp in which prisoners of war are interned.
- non-prisonerOne who is not a prisoner.
- prisoner visaA residency visa that does not permit the bearer to find employment, especially as the spouse of someone with a work visa.
- prisoner visasplural of prisoner visa: A residency visa that does not permit the bearer to find employment, especially as the spouse of someone with a work visa.
- prisoner at largeA member of the military who is being disciplined by being forbidden to leave the barracks or ship on which they are stationed.
- prisoner swapsplural of prisoner swap: A deal between opposing sides in a conflict, in which each side agrees to release prisoners.
Compound words 3
- coprisonerA fellow prisoner.
- prisonerlikeResembling or characteristic of a prisoner.
- nonprisonerAlternative spelling of non-prisoner: One who is not a prisoner.