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Warrior's pen represented capturing of adversary? (8,2,3)

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I believe the answer is:

prisoner of war

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'adversary?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'warrior's pen represented capturing of' is the wordplay.
'represented' indicates an anagram.
'capturing' is an insertion indicator.
'warriors'+'pen'='warriorspen'
'warriorspen' is an anagram of 'prisonerwar'.
'prisonerwar' going around 'of' is 'PRISONER OF WAR'.

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(Other definitions for prisoner of war that I've seen before include "Captured member of enemy forces" , "POW in full" , "E.g. Stalag inmate" , "Enemy captive" , "Captured soldier" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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