co-prisoner
noun[C]
(alsocoprisoner)uk/ˌkəʊˈprɪz.ən.ər/us/ˈkoʊˌprɪz.ən.ɚ/someone who is aprisonerat the sametimeandplaceas anotherperson:
Lumu and another co-prisonerescapedlastnight.
- Heoutlinesa moretroubledexperienceofimprisonmentwhere co-prisoners do not always get along.
- Helookeddown on the lessgiftedof his co-prisoners.
- Muchdetailis lavished on Dengler and his twoWesternco-prisoners.
- There arereportsthat an Australianacademicand co-prisoner have gone on ahungerstrike.
- Josephinterpretsthedreamsof his coprisoners.
People held in prison
- captive
- cellmate
- con
- convict
- dead
- dead man walkingidiom
- detainee
- detenu
- gaolbird
- hostage
- inmate
- internee
- jailbird
- lag
- lifer
- political prisoner
- pow
- prisoner
- prisoner of conscience
- prisoner of war