captor

Example Sentences

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Since their mother's disappearance, Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have posted multiple videos on social media, including making direct appeals to their mother's captor.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Ramia said officers initially seemed engaged with her case, but stopped taking her calls once they identified her captor.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

Under the fugitive slave laws, the burden of proof belonged not to the captor but to the captured.

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025

One can’t fault Harrison, whose Zephyr spends much of the movie in a battle of wills with her captor.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

At any rate she was feeling happy, and she bore no grudge against her captor.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White