Usage examples of "prisonniers" in French with translation to English

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Ils ont été faits prisonniers. They were taken prisoner.
Ne faites pas de prisonniers ! Take no prisoners.
Les prisonniers ont été libérés. The prisoners were set free.
Ces prisonniers ont été libérés hier. Those prisoners were set free yesterday.
Il leur ordonna de libérer les prisonniers. He ordered them to release the prisoners.
Les prisonniers fugitifs sont toujours en cavale. The escaped prisoners are still on the run.
Dix prisonniers se sont évadés de prison. Ten prisoners broke out of jail.
Le massacre des prisonniers était un acte barbare. The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act.
Le général ordonna le massacre de tous les prisonniers de guerre. The general ordered the massacre of all war prisoners.
Amnistie internationale organise souvent des manifestations en soutien aux prisonniers politiques. Amnesty International often organizes public protests in support of political prisoners.
Pendant l'époque stalinienne, les prisonniers des camps de concentration devenaient esclaves au service de l'État. During the stalinist era, prisoners at concentration camps became slaves in service of the state.
Étant donné notre inter-dépendance, tout ordre mondial qui élève une nation ou groupe de personnes au-dessus d'un autre échouera inévitablement. Alors quoi que nous pensions du passé, nous ne devons pas en être prisonniers. Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail. So whatever we think of the past, we must not be prisoners of it.
Ils ont relâché le prisonnier. They released the prisoner.
Le prisonnier a été libéré. The prisoner was set at liberty.
Elles ont été faites prisonnières. They were taken prisoner.
On rendit sa liberté au prisonnier. The prisoner was given his freedom.
Le prisonnier s'échappa de prison. The prisoner escaped from prison.
Il leur ordonna de libérer le prisonnier. He ordered them to release the prisoner.
Après avoir été fouetté, le prisonnier répondit. After being whipped, the prisoner replied.
Le prisonnier fut amené devant un juge. The prisoner was brought before a judge.
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