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DETAINEES |
Prisoners |
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INMATES |
Prisoners |
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HOSTAGES |
Ransomed prisoners |
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ESCAPEES |
AWOL prisoners |
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PAROLE |
To set at liberty on parole; as, to parole prisoners. |
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CARTEL |
An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of
prisoners. |
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BAR |
The place in court where prisoners are stationed for
arraignment, trial, or sentence. |
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CLANK |
To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank
their chains. |
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SEVERITY |
Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as,
severity practiced on prisoners of war. |
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RETAKE |
To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a
ship or prisoners. |
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KEEPER |
One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a
prison and the charge of prisoners. |
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GARNISH |
A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an
unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer. |
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GUARDROOM |
The room occupied by the guard during its term of duty;
also, a room where prisoners are confined. |
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PANOPTICON |
A prison so contructed that the inspector can see each
of the prisoners at all times, without being seen. |
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TREAT |
To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward;
as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly. |
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RANSOM |
The release of a captive, or of captured property, by
payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of
ransom. |
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ABUSE |
To use ill; to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish
or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one's
powers, one's patience. |
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BILBO |
A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock
at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on
board of ships. |
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RE-DEMPTION |
The act of redeeming, or the state of being redeemed;
repurchase; ransom; release; rescue; deliverance; as, the redemption of
prisoners taken in war; the redemption of a ship and cargo. |
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SKILLIGALEE |
A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served
out to prisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal,
sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army. |
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PARLEY |
... mutual
concern; to discuss orally; hence, specifically, to confer orally with
an enemy; to treat with him by words, as on an exchange of prison... |
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BLACK HOLE |
...ck-up or
guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole)
in a fort at Calcutta, into which 146 English prisoners were thru... |
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ESCORT |
...tion for
the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some
one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a... |
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LOCK |
...f, or as
with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often with up; as, to
lock one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; to lock up ... |