condemned prisoner

collocation in English

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condemned
adjective
uk
/kənˈdemd/us
/kənˈdemd/
A condemned person is someone who is going to be killed, especially as a punishment for having committed a very serious crime, such ...
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prisoner
noun[C]
uk
/ˈprɪz.ən.ər/us
/ˈprɪz.ən.ɚ/
a person who is kept in prison as ...
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(Definition ofcondemnedandprisonerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The treatment of condemned prisoners was getting increasingly more terrifying as the time went on.
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He was freed after about five hours in solitary confinement in an area usually reserved for condemned prisoners awaiting hanging.
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They have been especially concerned about the effect on the staff who had custody of thecondemnedprisoner.
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I find this reminiscent of thecondemnedprisonerasking for other offences to be taken into account.
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I am myself wholly opposed to the idea of returning acondemnedprisonerto any prison where there are other prisoners.
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Half a pint of beer may be allowed acondemnedprisonerat dinner and again at supper at the discretion of the prison medical officer.
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Witnesses routinely report that, when the switch is thrown, thecondemnedprisonercringes, leaps, and fights the straps with amazing strength.
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Elephants were even sometimes used in a kind of trial by ordeal in which thecondemnedprisonerwas released if he managed to fend off the elephant.
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After thecondemnedprisonerwas strapped into the chair and the electrodes attached, the warden would step forward and read out the final decision on the sentence.
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Eight cells were originally constructed, including dark cells which held condemned prisoners awaiting morning executions.
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A tumbrel passes, bearing condemned prisoners to the guillotine, mocked by the crowd.
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This problem involves three condemned prisoners, a random one of whom has been secretly chosen to be pardoned.
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