Captive
Captive noun - One that has been taken and held in confinement.
Political prisoner and captive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Political prisoner" instead a noun "Captive".
Political prisoner
Political prisoner noun - Someone who is imprisoned because of their political views.
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Synonyms for Political prisoner
Captive and political prisoner are semantically related. You can use "Captive" instead a noun phrase "Political prisoner".
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Related pairs
- lag and captive
- lag and political prisoner
- con and captive
- con and political prisoner
- hostage and captive
- hostage and political prisoner
- loser and captive
- loser and political prisoner
- jailbird and captive
- jailbird and political prisoner
- convict and captive
- convict and political prisoner
- prisoner and captive
- prisoner and political prisoner
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She admits that she first hated him because he was part of the group that killed her family (although not directly responsible) and then during their small time together when she was his country's captive as a political prisoner, she develops very strong romantic feelings for him.
Source: Stockholm Syndrome
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