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pow

Speech parts

1. pow - Noun

2. pow - Interjection

3. Pow - Proper noun

Meaning

a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war

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I state for the record that I have never sought funds from any POW family, nor led them to believe in any way that we were going on a mission to rescue their specific missing loved one. Bo Gritz

I didn't equate a POW camp with a concentration camp. Larry Hovis

A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids. Andrew Vachss

While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war. John Yoo

Under the Geneva Convention, for example, a POW is required only to provide name, rank, and serial number and cannot receive any benefits for cooperating. John Yoo

According to the reports of China, over a thousand U.S. POWs died by the end of June 1951, while only a dozen British POWs died, and all Turkish POW survived. Source: Internet

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