"Spanish prisoner" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Spanish prisoners [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Spanish prisoner (plural Spanish prisoners)
  1. Somebody posing as a wealthy person of high status who has been imprisoned under a false identity; part of a confidence trick in which the mark is encouraged to give money to secure the release of the prisoner, who will then be in a position to give a reward. Wikipedia link: Spanish prisoner
    Sense id: en-Spanish_prisoner-en-noun-baaYWW3a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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