Translation for "ni vivant ni mort-" to english

Ni vivant ni mort-

• neither alive nor dead
• neither alive nor death-

Translation examples

neither alive nor dead

Lorsqu'un journaliste vint un jour lui demander des informations sur les milliers de personnes kidnappées dont on commençait à parler à l'étranger, il répondit qu'elles n'étaient ni vivantes, ni mortes, mais simplement << disparues >>.
When a journalist asked him what he could say about the thousands of abducted persons who were beginning to be mentioned abroad, he replied that they were neither alive nor dead; they had simply "disappeared".