English-Finnish translations for prisoner of war

• sotavanki
  Hamas väittää olevansa laillinen toimija, joka noudattaa Geneven yleissopimuksia, mikä tarkoittaa, että Shalit olisi sotavanki, mutta Israel pitää häntä sieppauksen uhrina. Hamas claims it is a legal actor observing the Geneva Conventions and therefore he is a prisoner of war, but Israel, in my view rightly, regards him as an abductee from the moment he was seized.

Definition of prisoner of war

• A soldier or combatant who is captured by the enemy. Abbreviations ,

Examples

• As a prisoner of war, he was interrogated by his enemy captors

Related words

• prisoner
• imprisoner
• prisoner in a concentration camp
• prisoner of conscience
• prisoner number
• prisoner transport
• prisoner for interrogation
• prisoner who will talk
• prisoner's dilemma