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Meanings of prisoner of war in English

Russian
нятие
Portuguese
prisioneiros de guerra
Spanish
prisioneros de guerra
Catalan
presoner de guerra
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Person who is held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

Related terms
нятие
Usage of prisoner of war in English
1
I should be justified in treating you as a prisoner of war.
Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire
2
He was about to become a prisoner of war at the CIA.
Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
3
I have a Turk who is a wrestler: a prisoner of war.
Great Catherine (Whom Glory Still Adores)
4
He was detained both as a prisoner of war and a rebel.
Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette
5
His lot as a prisoner of war was an exceptionally good one.
Napoleon's Campaign in Russia, Anno 1812; Medico-Historical
6
You have done your duty loyally-nowconsider yourself a prisoner of war.
Captain Fracasse
7
He is a noble of Carthage, though now a prisoner of war.
The Young Carthaginian: A Story of The Times of Hannibal
8
Could he be taken as property, or as a prisoner of war?
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 / ...
9
It was the start of six hundred days as a prisoner of war.
One minute to midnight: kennedy, khrushchev, and castro on the b...
10
To Hudson he said, 'You are now a prisoner of war.
For my Country’s Freedom
11
Bolitho remembered his time as a prisoner of war in France.
Success to the Brave
12
He was a prisoner of war in France until the end of 1948.
The new yorker
13
Mejia worked in a prisoner of war camp in Al Assad.
The Guardian
14
They caught me and kept me as a prisoner of war.
The Guardian
15
The position of a prisoner of war is painful and humiliating.
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria
16
A vulnerable Elian peering through the chainmail fence like a prisoner of war.
The Irish Times