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When they escape from their captor, Jack is overwhelmed by the vastness and unfamiliarity of the milieu surrounding him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

Before the captor could take title to a vessel, he would have to bring the ship into port and have it condemned before a prize court, which would determine the lawfulness of the capture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2025

While the BBC cannot independently verify their stories, almost all say they are petrified that one day, they might bump into a captor on the street or on a bus.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2025

“His mother is Gaia! Gai—” Her Laistrygonian captor clamped his hand over her mouth.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

Their Sicilian captors turn out to be fans of the playwright.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Nigeria's military says it has freed all 44 pupils and teachers who were abducted two months ago from schools in the southern state of Oyo, and arrested some of their captors.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

In some moments, Petrović even managed to see the humanity in his captors, despite his discomfort and constant fear of being killed.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026

In a tearful video posted to Instagram on Wednesday night, Savannah Guthrie and her two siblings begged for the return their mother and seemed open to communicating with her captors about a possible ransom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026

That night, I dreamed the salt statues came to life and set on our captors with their swords, but every one of the statues had the face of the dead man.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz