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captive(noun, adjective, person, con, villain)
16
convict(noun, person, con, villain, criminal)
16
perpetrator(noun, person, suspect, accusation, bad man)
15
hostage(noun, person, con, convict, captive)
10
jailbird(noun, person, con, villain, criminal)
10
inmate(noun, patient, bad man)
10
suspect(noun, person, character, individual, human)
10
defendant(noun, person, character, individual, human)
9
con(noun, person, villain, criminal, convict)
9
offender(noun, person, con, suspect, villain)
8
detainee(noun, person, con, convict, captive)
8
respondent(noun, person, character, individual, suspect)
8
accused(noun, person, character, individual, suspect)
8
culprit(noun, person, con, suspect, villain)
8
internee(noun, person, con, convict)
7
felon(noun, villain, criminal, convict, bad man)
7
imprisoned
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restrained
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lifer(noun, person)
5
prisoner of war(noun, expression, idiom, prisoner)
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