A British person sentenced to penal servitude in Australia; a convict.
about a third of the population at this time were Prisoners of the Crown
Example sentencesExamples
- We always were prisoners of the Crown and we remain so today.
- The captain was aware Powers was a prisoner of the crown, and consequently left him on Howe's Island on his return to port.
- Although at the time they were still officially prisoners of the crown, on obtaining their pardons, they became recognised as founding members of the association.
- They were prisoners of the Crown, and the cattle-pen was their exercise ground.
- It was commonly reported that Watt was living with a prisoner of the Crown.