prisoner of war

Noun

Meaning

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

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A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him. Winston Churchill

Playing a prisoner of war trapped in Pakistan for three years was a novelty for me. We made sure that we didn't talk about India versus Pakistan but about the emotions of people on both sides and how terrorism affects us all. Akshay Kumar

I know that I'm already in the history books and that people are going to remember me as the prisoner of war and the fabricated stories, but you know, to me I was just another soldier over there doing my job. Jessica Lynch

Rock 'n' roll was two pegs below being a prisoner of war back then. Ronnie Hawkins

Adam was one of only two German nationals who flew planes for the wartime Royal Air Force; had the Germans captured him, he could have been executed as a traitor rather than kept as a prisoner of war. Source: Internet

After the Fall of Singapore to Japan, he became a prisoner of war at Changi Prison from February 1942 to September 1945. Source: Internet

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