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Prisoner of War

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a person who surrenders to or is taken by an enemy in a time of war

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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Prisoner of Wars
possessive
Prisoner of War's
pluralpossessive
Prisoner of Wars'