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PRONUNCIATION OF GHOST PRISONER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GHOST PRISONER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ghost prisoner is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GHOST PRISONER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ghost detainee

Ghost detainee is a term used in the executive branch of the United States government to designate a person held in a detention center, whose identity has been hidden by keeping them unregistered and therefore anonymous. Such uses arose as the Bush administration initiated the war on terror following the 9/11 attacks of 2001 in the United States. As documented in the 2004 Taguba Report, it was used in the same manner by United States officials and contractors of the Joint Interrogation and Debriefing Center at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in 2003-2004. According to the Swiss senator Dick Marty's memorandum on "alleged detention in Council of Europe states", the US Central Intelligence Agency has captured about one hundred persons on European territory and subsequently rendered them to countries where they may have been tortured. This number of one hundred extraordinarily rendered persons is in addition to the estimated hundred U.S. ghost detainees.

Definition of ghost prisoner in the English dictionary

The definition of ghost prisoner in the dictionary is a prisoner, esp one held in US military capitivity, whose detention is not publicly acknowledged.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GHOST PRISONER

ghost
ghost car
ghost dance
ghost edition
ghost estate
ghost fishing
ghost gum
ghost image
ghost moth
ghost story
ghost town
ghost train
ghost word
ghost writer
ghostlier
ghostliest
ghostlike
ghostliness
ghostly
ghostwrite

WORDS THAT END LIKE GHOST PRISONER

air-conditioner
boner
commissioner
conditioner
coprisoner
disponer
imprisoner
kroner
poisoner
political prisoner
practitioner
prisoner
reasoner
remand prisoner
seasoner
sooner
stoner
summoner
take someone prisoner
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Synonyms and antonyms of ghost prisoner in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ghost prisoner» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GHOST PRISONER

Find out the translation of ghost prisoner to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ghost prisoner from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ghost prisoner» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

幽灵囚犯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prisionero fantasma
570 millions of speakers

English

ghost prisoner
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भूत कैदी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شبح سجين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

призрак заключенный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prisioneiro fantasma
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভূত বন্দী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prisonnier fantôme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tahanan hantu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Geister Gefangenen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ゴースト囚人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유령 죄수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ghost prisoner
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ma tù nhân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பேய் கைதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भूत कैदी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hayalet mahkum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fantasma prigioniero
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

duch więzień
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

привид укладений
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fantomă prizonier
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φάντασμα κρατούμενος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spook gevangene
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ghost fånge
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ghost fange
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ghost prisoner

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GHOST PRISONER»

The term «ghost prisoner» is barely ever used and occupies the 209.772 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ghost prisoner

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GHOST PRISONER»

Discover the use of ghost prisoner in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ghost prisoner and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Human Rights Watch Ghost Prisoner Two Years in Secret Cia ...
Acknowledgments. This report was written by Joanne Mariner, terrorism and counterterrorism program director at Human Rights Watch. It is based on research conducted by Mariner and John Sifton, senior terrorism and counterterrorism ...
Human Rights Watch
2
Complete Ghost Stories
What ails you, man? staring like a player that sees a ghost! prisoner: My lord, I was amazed at hearing such trivial, foolish things as they bring against me. LORD CHIEF JUSTICE: Well, well, it lies upon Mr Attorney to show whether they be ...
Montague Rhodes James, 2007
3
Ghost Plane: The True Story of the CIA Torture Program
Al-Jamadi was an example of a ghost prisoner. And his case provided the first public glimpse since 9/11 of an alleged homicide in CIA hands. The month when al-Jamadi died, November 2003, was the height of the panic over the relatively ...
Stephen Grey, 2006
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The Gentleman's Magazine (London, England)
Scotch Ghost — Prisoner. .2. Douglas— The Wedding Day. 3. The Sahool for Scandal— Richard Cœur de Lion. 5. Measure for Measure — The Charity Boy, 7. Hamlet — Dk'o. [Cœur de Lion. 8. Rivals— The Scotch Ghost — Richard 9.
‎1796
5
Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review
Rev. Henry Green, M. A. to hold Upton Snodibury R. with Feckenham R. Wore. Rev. Gilbert Buchanan, LL. B. to hold Northfleet V. co. Kent, with Woodman- fterne R. co. Surrey. Ao". Ktw Dhurv-Lase. i. The Heires — Scotch Ghost — Prisoner.
‎1796
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The Gentleman's Magazine
... Heires — Scotch Ghost — Prisoner. ». Douglas — Tne Wedding Day. 3. The SahonI for Scandal— Richard Cceur de Lion. c. Measure for Measure — Th Charity Boy. □7. Hamlet — Dit'o. [Cceur de Lion. 8. Rivals — The Scotch Ghost—  ...
‎1796
7
The Gentleman's Magazine
Cornwall, vice Cole, decease;!. ' Rev.'Wm. Bradley, Kendharu V. Suffolk. THEATRICAL Ma. Kfw Dto«T-L*sr. • t. The HeiKtf — 'SeWh. Ghost— Prisoner, a. l >wgIay*-Tli«°Wfe!ilrnE Day. 3. The Saliool for Scandal— Richard Cceur de Lion. ' 1 ' 5.
John Nichols, 1796
8
Truth, Torture, and the American Way: The History and ...
92 This, of course, is news to any human rights attorney.93 The "ghost prisoner" practice was known and authorized at the very highest levels of the U.S. administration; in some cases the secret detention was even authorized by Secretary ...
Jennifer Harbury, 2005
9
State Power and Democracy: Before and During the Presidency ...
He had no paperwork, he was a “ghost prisoner” of the CIA. Sergeant Tony Diaz was on duty in the MI block along with another MP, Jeffrey Frost. One hour after Al-Jamadi had been processed, MPs were ordered to shackle him, handcuffed, ...
Andrew Kolin, 2011
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The Max Brand Megapack: 20 Classic Stories
I've talked it over with him before this, and he'll take the job, but he needs an inducement . Here's the reward I propose for him or for any other man who succeeds in taking the Ghost prisoner or in killing him . We'll give him any loot which may ...
Max Brand, Frederick Faust, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GHOST PRISONER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ghost prisoner is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fears build as CIA's 'ghost prisoners' vanish into Afghan jails
... and another known as a “ghost prisoner” – held in such secrecy that for years even his name was classified information – have disappeared ... «The Guardian, Dec 14»
2
Proper castle with ghosts and dungeons can be yours for €1.9m
Portlick is also reputed to have a ghost prisoner, who has been known to appear in the dungeons below. For many years run as a guest house, ... «Irish Independent, Nov 14»
3
Lady al-Qa'ida: On the trail of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, the world's most …
Some believe Siddiqui and her children were held by the Pakistani authorities, while her family say she was a “ghost prisoner” of the US and ... «The Independent, Aug 14»
4
Lady al-Qa'ida: The world's most wanted prisoner
Some believe Siddiqui and her children were held by the Pakistani authorities, while her family say she was a "ghost prisoner" of the US and ... «Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, Aug 14»
5
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing Detailed Preview
Will and the ancient gods, for example, Perun, and inventions of Nikola Tesla, and powerful ghost prisoner number 7, that will appear in front of ... «MMORPG News, Aug 14»
6
The Exile's Lament
Official Washington gradually forgets about Nolan; he becomes a ghost prisoner, an American version of “The Man in the Iron Mask,” the ... «New York Times, Dec 13»
7
Political Prisoner in America: Aafia Siddiqui – Victim of US Injustice
She became Bagram's ghost prisoner. She was Prisoner 650. Other inmates called her the Gray Lady of Bagram. She was brutally tortured and ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 13»
8
CIA Global Renditions: Abductions and Extrajudicial Transfers from …
Ghost prisoner survivors call them worst of all. On May 22, The Rendition Project (TRP) announced its “Global Rendition System” database and ... «Center for Research on Globalization, May 13»
9
Guantanamo convict ready to join 'Team America'
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba A former CIA "ghost prisoner" who grew up near Baltimore admitted to a U.S. war crimes court ... «Reuters, Feb 12»
10
Syria's Assad 'frees al-Qaida strategist'
Nasr vanished into the legal limbo of the CIA's secret renditions and its global network of secret prisons and became a "ghost prisoner." There ... «UPI.com, Feb 12»

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