Outlaw and Prisoner

Outlaw

Outlaw noun - Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime.

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Prisoner and outlaw are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prisoner" instead a noun "Outlaw".

Nearby Words: outlawed, outlawing, outlawry

Prisoner noun - One that has been taken and held in confinement.

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Outlaw and prisoner are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Outlaw" instead a noun "Prisoner".

Nearby Words: prison, prisoned, prisoning

fellow	fellow outlaw	fellow prisoner
female	female outlaw	female prisoner
alien	alien outlaw	alien prisoner
dead	dead outlaw	dead prisoner
Other adjectives: single, real, dangerous, young, wanted, former, hungry, mere, titular, last.

Outlaw Star: Jean is blackmailed into doing this by Gwen Khan, who uses Melfina as leverage, in order to meet with a prisoner who knows the coordinates to the Galactic Leyline.

Source: Captured on Purpose
In Lloyd Alexander's The High King, the final volume of the Chronicles of Prydain, Princess Eilonwy finds herself a prisoner of the outlaw band led by the ruffian Dorath, who had menaced protagonist Taran in the preceding book.

Source: Attempted Rape
Prisoner Exchange: A variation when the Sheriff exchanges Much for his nephew Martin - it isn't the outlaws who have captured Martin but a different outlaw, who Robert and the usual crew have to rescue Martin from first.

Source: Series / Robin of Sherwood

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