prisoner (redirected from taking no prisoners)

pris·on·er  (prz-nr, prznr)

n.

1. A person held in custody, captivity, or a condition of forcible restraint, especially while on trial or serving a prison sentence.

2. One deprived of freedom of expression or action: "He was a prisoner of his own personalityof that given set of traits that . . . predisposed him to see the world in a certain way, to make certain moves, certain choices" (William H. Hallahan).

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prisoner

Noun

1. a person kept in prison as a punishment for a crime, or while awaiting trial

2. a person confined by any restraints: he's a prisoner of his own past

3. take (someone) prisoner to capture and hold (someone) as a prisoner

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

prisoner - a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war captive unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune convict, yard bird, yardbird, con, inmate - a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison detainee, political detainee - some held in custody hostage, surety - a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms internee - a person who is interned; "the internees were enemy aliens and suspected terrorists" political prisoner - someone who is imprisoned because of their political views POW, prisoner of war - a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war

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prisoner

noun 1. convict, con (slang) lag (slang) jailbird

noun 2. captive, hostage, detainee, internee

Translations

prisoner [ˈprɪznəʳ] n (in prison) → preso/a;

(under arrest) → detenido/a;

(in dock) → acusado/a;

the prisoner at the bar → el(la) acusado/a;

to take sb prisoner → hacer or tomar prisionero a algn

prisoner [ˈprɪznəʳ] prison n → prisonnier/ière;

the prisoner at the bar → l'accusé(e);

to take sb prisoner → faire qn prisonnier

prisoner [ˈprɪznəʳ] prison n → Gefangene(r) f(m);

the prisoner at the bar prison (Law) → der/die Angeklagte;

to take sb prisoner prison → jdn gefangen nehmen

prisoner [ˈprɪznəʳ] n → prigioniero/a;

to take sb prisoner → far prigioniero qn;

the prisoner at the bar → l'accusato, l'imputato;

prisoner of war → prigioniero/a di guerra