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prisoner(person, con, villain, criminal)
22
hostage(tough, con, convict, prisoner)
17
convict(con, villain, criminal, prisoner)
15
slave(person, prisoner, physically)
12
jailbird(con, villain, criminal, convict)
11
detainee(tough, con, convict, prisoner)
10
con(villain, criminal, convict, prisoner)
8
inmate(prisoner, prisoners)
8
internee(prisoner, physically)
6
bondman(prisoner, physically)
5
prisoner of war(expression, idiom, prisoner, physically)
5
subject(adjective, subjection, answerable)
4
thrall(worker, victim, labourer)
3
bondservant(worker, victim, physically, labourer)
3
bondsman
3
criminal(villain, prisoner)
3
felon(villain, criminal, prisoner)
3
gaolbird
3
lifer
3
serf(worker, victim, labourer)
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