political prisoner

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   someone who is imprisoned because of their political views

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Questions about political prisoner

What does political prisoner mean?

political prisoner means "someone who is imprisoned because of their political views".

Is political prisoner a common word?

political prisoner is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.