coprisoner

noun

Definition of coprisonernext
as in prisoner

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  1. prisoner
  2. capture
  3. captive
Noun
  • Hospital staff were working to save Pike's life and as of late Thursday were trying to clear the two doses of the drug that the state uses to execute prisoners, her lawyers wrote in a Friday filing in Davidson County Chancery Court.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Silver found that prisoners remained exposed to grave threats of harm and suffering because of systematic deficiencies in their healthcare.
    — Jacques Billeaud, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of prisoner
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  • Neither the Ethiopian government nor the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, or TPLF, had commented on the airport’s reported capture.
    — Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Neither the Ethiopian government nor the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, or TPLF, had issued an official statement on the airport’s reported capture.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of capture
Noun
  • Jacob and the Reacher-Green duo are once again captives, being (separately) driven to remote spots for execution.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
  • In a video widely shared on social media on Monday, a voice threatened to execute the captives if security operations against them continued.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
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“Coprisoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coprisoner. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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