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Escort :: Escort (n.) A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea..

Bar :: Bar (n.) The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence..

Reprisal :: Reprisal (n.) The act of retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation for an act of inhumanity..

Prisoner :: Prisoner (n.) One who is confined in a prison.

Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) Legal release from confinement; liberation; as, the discharge of a prisoner..

Clank :: Clank (v. t.) To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains..

Treat :: Treat (v. t.) To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly..

Guardroom :: Guardroom (n.) The room occupied by the guard during its term of duty; also, a room where prisoners are confined..

Caitiff :: Caitiff (n.) A captive; a prisoner.

Arraignment :: Arraignment (n.) The act of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint..

Panel :: Panel (n.) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.

Parley :: Parley (v. i.) To speak with another; to confer on some point of mutual concern; to discuss orally; hence, specifically, to confer orally with an enemy; to treat with him by words, as on an exchange of prisoners, an armistice, or terms of peace..

Innocence :: Innocence (n.) The state or quality of being not chargeable for, or guilty of, a particular crime or offense; as, the innocence of the prisoner was clearly shown..

Ransom :: Ransom (n.) The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit..

Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) To use ill; to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one's powers, one's patience..

Mainprise :: Mainprise (n.) Deliverance of a prisoner on security for his appearance at a day.

Captivate :: Captivate (p. a.) Taken prisoner; made captive; insnared; charmed.

Parole :: Parole (v. t.) To set at liberty on parole; as, to parole prisoners..

Liberate :: Liberate (a.) To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or prisoner; to liberate the mind from prejudice; to liberate gases..

Acquit :: Acquit (v. t.) To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions..

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