Phrase guide

political prisoner

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person imprisoned for their political views or political activism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone who is imprisoned because of their political views

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: prisoner, captive

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Across languages

Translations

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَجِين سِيَاسِيّ (sajīn siyāsiyy) — person
  • Arabic: مُعْتَقَل سِيَاسِيّ (muʕtaqal siyāsiyy) — person
  • Armenian: քաղաքական բանտարկյալ (kʻaġakʻakan bantarkyal) — person
  • Armenian: քաղբանտարկյալ (kʻaġbantarkyal) — person
  • Asturian: presu políticu — person
  • Basque: preso politiko — person
  • Belarusian: паліты́чны вя́зень (palitýčny vjázjenʹ) — person
  • Belarusian: паліты́чны зняво́лены (palitýčny znjavóljeny) — person
  • Belarusian: палітвя́зень (palitvjázjenʹ) — person
  • Belarusian: палітзняво́лены (palitznjavóljeny) — person
  • Bulgarian: полити́чески затво́рник (politíčeski zatvórnik) — person
  • Bulgarian: полити́ческа затво́рничка (politíčeska zatvórnička) — person
  • Burmese: နိုင်ငံရေးအကျဉ်းသား (nuingngam-re:a.kyany:sa:) — person
  • Catalan: pres polític — person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 政治犯 (zhèngzhìfàn) — person
  • Crimean Tatar: siyasiy mabus — person
  • Czech: politický vězeň — person
  • Danish: politisk fange — person
  • Dutch: politieke gevangene — person
  • Estonian: poliitvang — person
  • Finnish: mielipidevanki — person
  • Finnish: poliittinen vanki — person
  • French: prisonnier politique — person
  • Galician: preso político — person
  • Georgian: პოლიტიკური პატიმარი (ṗoliṭiḳuri ṗaṭimari) — person
  • Georgian: პოლიტპატიმარი (ṗoliṭṗaṭimari) — person
  • Georgian: პოლიტიკური ტუსაღი (ṗoliṭiḳuri ṭusaɣi) — person
  • Georgian: პოლიტტუსაღი (ṗoliṭṭusaɣi) — person
  • German: politischer Gefangener — person
  • Hebrew: אסיר פוליטי — person
  • Hindi: राजनीतिक क़ैदी (rājnītik qaidī) — person
  • Hungarian: politikai fogoly — person
  • Icelandic: pólitískur fangi — person
  • Indonesian: tahanan politik — person
  • Italian: prigioniero politico — person
  • Italian: prigioniera politica — person
  • Japanese: 政治犯 (seijihan) — person
  • Japanese: 思想犯 (shisōhan) — person
  • Javanese: tahanan pulitik — person
  • Khmer: អ្នកទោសនយោបាយ (nĕək tooh nəyyoobaay) — person
  • Korean: 정치범 (jeongchibeom) — person
  • Korean: 사상범 (sasangbeom) — person
  • Lao: ນັກໂທດການເມືອງ (nak thōt kān mư̄ang) — person
  • Lithuanian: politinis kalinys — person
  • Macedonian: политички затвореник (politički zatvorenik) — person
  • Malay: banduan politik — person
  • Norwegian Bokmål: politisk fange — person
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: politisk fange — person
  • Persian: زندانی سیاسی (zendâni-ye siyâsi) — person
  • Polish: więzień polityczny — person
  • Polish: więźniarka polityczna — person
  • Portuguese: preso político — person
  • Romanian: deținut politic — person
  • Russian: полити́ческий заключённый (politíčeskij zaključónnyj) — person
  • Russian: полити́ческая заключённая (politíčeskaja zaključónnaja) — person
  • Russian: политзаключённый (politzaključónnyj) — person
  • Russian: политзаключённая (politzaključónnaja) — person
  • Russian: политзэ́к (politzɛ́k) — person
  • Russian: у́зник со́вести (úznik sóvesti) — person
  • Serbo-Croatian: политички затвореник — person
  • Serbo-Croatian: politički zatvorenik — person
  • Slovak: politický väzeň — person
  • Slovene: politični zapornik — person
  • Spanish: preso político — person
  • Swedish: politisk fånge — person
  • Tagalog: bilanggong politikal — person
  • Thai: นักโทษการเมือง (nák-tôot gaan-mʉʉang) — person
  • Turkish: siyasi mahkum — person
  • Ukrainian: політи́чний в'я́зень (politýčnyj vʺjázenʹ) — person
  • Ukrainian: політв'я́зень (politvʺjázenʹ) — person
  • Urdu: سیاسی قیدی (siyāsī qaidī) — person
  • Vietnamese: tù nhân chính trị — person
  • Welsh: carcharor gwleidyddol — person