as in captive
one that has been taken and held in confinement
the prisoners were fed only bread and water twice a day
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There was also the June 1985 hijacking of TWA flight 847 to Beirut, in which militants who later escaped without being captured killed a passenger and threatened to kill more unless Israel released hundreds of Lebanese prisoners.
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Nicole Narea, Vox, 18 Sep. 2024
As part of the deal, Russia released 16 prisoners while the Western countries released eight Russians.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2024
Kyiv and Moscow have frequently exchanged prisoners since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, and Saturday’s swap was the third since Ukraine began a cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region in early August.
—Reuters, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2024
Henderson applied for a reduction in his sentence earlier this year per the Board’s regulations, which allow prisoners who have served at least 10 years of a life sentence to submit a commutation petition once every five years.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 19 Sep. 2024
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Nicole Narea, Vox, 18 Sep. 2024
As part of the deal, Russia released 16 prisoners while the Western countries released eight Russians.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2024
Kyiv and Moscow have frequently exchanged prisoners since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, and Saturday’s swap was the third since Ukraine began a cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region in early August.
—Reuters, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2024
Henderson applied for a reduction in his sentence earlier this year per the Board’s regulations, which allow prisoners who have served at least 10 years of a life sentence to submit a commutation petition once every five years.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Prisoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prisoner. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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