Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - prisoner of conscience

(prisoners of conscience) Prisoners of conscience are people who have been put into prison for their political or social beliefs or for breaking the law while protesting against a political or social system. = political prisoner N-COUNT PRISONER OF WAR (prisoners of war) Prisoners of war are soldiers who have been captured by their enemy during a war and kept as prisoners until the end of the war. = POW N-COUNT