Definition of "prisoner-of-war" []

• Attributive form of prisoner of war, noun. (adjective)

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• "The heavy cruiser was sunk off Java on February 28, 1942, and Schwarz spent more than three years in Japanese prisoner-of-war camps."
• "Yoo, a former law professor and clerk to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, concluded that neither the Taliban nor al-Qaeda were entitled to prisoner-of-war status, or the protections of the Geneva Convention."
• "Terrorists fight out of uniform and target civilians and thus do not deserve traditional prisoner-of-war protections."