prisoner; convict; a criminal being held in a prison

to lock up or confine someone to restrict their freedom

A room where prisoners are kept or locked up.

convict sentenced to death who is awaiting execution; prisoner on death row

person kept in prison; convict

a vehicle used for transporting prisoners or suspects

prisoner or captive; originally referred to a prisoner standing below the steps of a courtroom while on trial

a wooden cage used in former times to hold or transport prisoners; also used figuratively for a place or situation that feels like a prison

the standard clothes or uniform worn by prisoners

prison; jail; a place where criminals are kept

(literary) a prisoner or war captive; refers to someone in extremely difficult or desperate circumstances

a prisoner; to be imprisoned or held in custody

to imprison; to put in jail

to imprison or confine someone

A person who has been captured and imprisoned, especially during a war; captive

The food and supplies provided for a prisoner to eat, such as grain, oil, salt, and vegetables.

To face one another and weep while in dire straits; refers to people feeling helpless and lamenting their shared misfortune instead of taking action.

(literary) to weep together in the face of disaster; to face one another in a desperate situation without any ideas or solutions; based on a story from the Jin dynasty of refugees from the north gathering at a pavilion and weeping for their lost homeland until they were scolded for not taking action

looking disheveled and dirty, with messy hair like a prisoner; describes someone who is unkempt or has not washed for a long time

(literary) messy hair and a dirty face, like a prisoner or someone in mourning; used to describe a filthy and unkempt appearance

to rescue or seize a prisoner by force; to break someone out of prison

to be held as a prisoner of war or a political prisoner; used to describe a captive from the south or someone who remains loyal to their home country while in captivity

(variant form) a weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, forcing the warm air mass upward

(meteorology) A weather front formed during the late stages of a cyclone when a fast-moving cold front overtakes a warm front, forcing the warm air mass entirely off the ground.

To inspect and record the cases of prisoners to check for any injustice or false accusations

(literary) a prisoner kept in chains or confined in a jail; a captive

To set prisoners free; to allow prisoners to escape

to mistreat or physically abuse prisoners

(literary) A poet who is obsessed with or struggles excessively over composing verse, as if they were imprisoned by the craft itself.

a weather front formed during the process of cyclogenesis when a cold front overtakes a warm front