Prisoner and Villain

Prisoner

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

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

Nearby Words: prison, prisoned, prisoning

Villain noun - A mean, evil, or unprincipled person.

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Prisoner and villain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Prisoner" instead a noun "Villain".

Nearby Words: villainous, villainy

human	human prisoner	human villain
old	old prisoner	old villain
female	female prisoner	female villain
complete	complete prisoner	complete villain
Other adjectives: certain, alien, original, single, real, male, big, dangerous, main, new, former, hidden, mysterious, titular, next, last, creepy.

The prisoner is set up as a villain for the whole book, only for it to be revealed at the end that he was a good guy all along and that he had been framed by the real villain.

Source: Antagonist Title
The villain of "Selfie 2.0" may be based on Ariel Castro, who kept three women prisoner in his home for two years.

Source: Series / CSI: Cyber
In rare cases, the villain will actually be doing this to deliberately hurt the prisoner.

Source: Unwilling Suspension

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