{
    "term": "prisoner",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who is kept in prison as a punishment, or while they are waiting for trial",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The number of prisoners serving life sentences has fallen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They called for the **prisoners** to be **released**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are demanding the release of all **political prisoners**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "international minimum standards for the treatment of prisoners"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Over 2 million prisoners are currently incarcerated in the US."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were allowed only limited contact with their fellow prisoners."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["virtual", "political", "life"],
                "verb + prisoner": ["capture", "take", "detain"],
                "phrases": [
                    "hold somebody prisoner",
                    "keep somebody prisoner",
                    "a prisoner of conscience"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person who has been captured, for example by an enemy, and is being kept somewhere",
            "labels": "(figurative)(figurative)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was **taken prisoner** by rebel soldiers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are **holding** her **prisoner** and demanding a large ransom."
                },
                {
                    "text": "For three days they **kept** him a **prisoner**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is afraid to go out and has become a virtual prisoner in her own home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was a prisoner of his own ignorance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had captured over 100 prisoners."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were kept prisoner for eight months in a tiny flat."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["virtual", "political", "life"],
                "verb + prisoner": ["capture", "take", "detain"],
                "phrases": [
                    "hold somebody prisoner",
                    "keep somebody prisoner",
                    "a prisoner of conscience"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɪznə(r)/",
                "audio": "pr/prisoner/prisoner__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɪznər/",
                "audio": "pr/prisoner/prisoner__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French prisonier, from prison, from Latin prensio(n-), variant of prehensio(n-) ‘laying hold of’, from the verb prehendere."
}