prisoner
One behind bars
A prisoner is someone held in captivity, typically in a jail or prison as punishment for a crime or while awaiting trial.
The term extends to anyone confined against their will: a prisoner of war, a prisoner of conscience.
Figuratively, someone trapped by circumstances is a prisoner to them: a prisoner of his own success, held prisoner by chronic pain.
Serious crime perpetrator
- convictJailed offender after trial
- offenderOne who breaks rules
- inmateConfined facility resident
- criminalPerson who breaks laws
lawbreaker · wrongdoer · culprit · perpetrator · delinquent · thief · murderer · fraudster
Basic unit of life
- chainsLinked metal restraints
- shacklesMetal bonds for prisoners
- dungeonSubterranean prison chamber
- confinementState of being restricted
cage · bondage · restraint · isolation · captive · bars · locked · confined
Detention facility
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- correctionalAimed at rehabilitation
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
- guardWatchful defensive attention
cell · bars · lockup · sentence · custody · detention · facility · yard
Captive held as security
- captiveOne held by force
- abducteeOne forcibly taken
- interneePerson held in custody
- arresteeOne taken into custody
POW · ransom · seized · taken · kidnapped · abducted · captured · snatched
Curative mental treatment
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- educationSystematic development of mind
- vocationalRelated to skilled work
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
reintegration · sobriety · mentoring · parole · probation · work-release · reentry · support
Complete thought, grammatically
- verdictOfficial court decision
- justiceFair treatment under law
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
guilt · consequence · discipline · correction · judgment · accountability · condemned · punished
Opposer of established systems
- martyrVictim for beliefs
- oppressedTreated with cruel control
- persecutedSubjected to hostile treatment
- conscienceInternal moral sense
innocent · exonerated · Mandela · Solzhenitsyn · gulag · internment · unjust · resistance
felon
Serious crime perpetrator
criminal · lawbreaker · wrongdoer · culprit · perpetrator · delinquent · thief · murderer · fraudster · smuggler
cell
Basic unit of life
confinement · cage · bondage · restraint · isolation · captive · bars · locked · confined · trapped
jail
Detention facility
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- correctionalAimed at rehabilitation
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
guard · cell · bars · lockup · sentence · custody · detention · facility · yard · block
hostage
Captive held as security
arrestee · POW · ransom · seized · taken · kidnapped · abducted · captured · snatched · negotiation
therapy
Curative mental treatment
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- educationSystematic development of mind
- vocationalRelated to skilled work
recovery · reintegration · sobriety · mentoring · parole · probation · work-release · reentry · support · transformation
sentence
Complete thought, grammatically
retribution · guilt · consequence · discipline · correction · judgment · accountability · condemned · punished · solitary
dissident
Opposer of established systems
- martyrVictim for beliefs
- oppressedTreated with cruel control
- persecutedSubjected to hostile treatment
conscience · innocent · exonerated · Mandela · Solzhenitsyn · gulag · internment · unjust · resistance · amnesty
- prisoncell block, inmate, jail, warden, cellmate
- prisonsinmates, cells, prisons, penitentiary, guards
- warcombat, warfare, battle scenes, battles, soldier
- confinementcell, cage, jail, captivity, incarceration
- dungeondungeon, oubliette, cell bars, torture chamber, chains
- imprisonmentjail, cells, captivity, dungeons, inmate
prisonerfreeman
Unchained person with rights
escapee · sovereign · parolee · fugitive · ex-convict
prisonerprosecutor
Government's trial lawyer
judge · warden · plaintiff · accuser · arresting officer
- prison cellLocked room for inmates
- prison breakEscape from custody
- in prisonConfined for crimes
- prison sentenceMandated period of incarceration
- prisoner of warDetained military personnel
- take no prisonersPursue victory without mercy
prison, imprison, imprisoned, imprisonment, prisoners, imprisons, imprisoner, prisoner of war, prison cell