pris·on·er
pris·on·er/ˈpriznər,ˈprizənər/
noun
a person legally held in prison as a punishment for crimes they have committed or while awaiting trial.
"a prisoner serving a life sentence"
synonyms: convict, inmate, trusty, jailbird, con, lifer, (old) lag, yardbird, transport
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8 days ago · : a person deprived of liberty and kept under involuntary restraint, confinement, or custody.
a person who is kept in prison as a punishment: Prisoners climbed onto the prison roof to protest the conditions inside the prison.
noun · a person deprived of liberty and kept in prison or some other form of custody as a punishment for a crime, while awaiting trial, or for some other reason.
4 senses: 1. a person deprived of liberty and kept in prison or some other form of custody as a punishment for a crime, while.
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A prisoner is someone being held in confinement. Commonly, a prisoner is a criminal who is serving a prison sentence after being convicted of a crime, ...
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A prisoner is a person who is deprived of liberty against their will. This can be by confinement or captivity in a prison, or physical restraint.
A prisoner is a person being held in prison as a punishment. During wartime a prisoner is someone held captive by the enemy. Alternately, if you're so ...
To be a prisoner, there must be some nexus or connection between the setting or restricted liberty of the person and the action of the criminal justice system.
PRISONER meaning: 1 : a person who is kept in a prison; 2 : a person who has been captured and is being kept somewhere sometimes used figuratively.
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(4) Prisoner . — The term “prisoner” means a person who has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment pursuant to a conviction for a Federal criminal offense, ...