political prisoner
noun[C]
uk/pəˌlɪt.ɪ.kəl ˈprɪz.ən.ər/us/pəˌlɪt̬.ə.kəl ˈprɪz.ən.ɚ/someone who is put inprisonforexpressingdisapprovaloftheirowngovernment, or forbelongingto anorganization,race, orsocialgroupnotapprovedof by thatgovernment
政治犯People held in prison
- captive
- cellmate
- co-prisoner
- con
- convict
- dead
- dead man walkingidiom
- detainee
- detenu
- gaolbird
- hostage
- inmate
- internee
- jailbird
- lag
- lifer
- pow
- prisoner
- prisoner of conscience
- prisoner of war