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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

Mr. Abram Vole glared defiantly at his captor.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

The family of the kidnapped mother of a top US TV news anchor made a new plea for information from her captors on Thursday, after investigators said they believed the 84-year-old was still alive.

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026

We’re not rooting for her or her internet brain-rotted captors and ultimately, we leave the film barely rooting for humankind’s survival.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

According to a Christian group involved in the case, the pupils managed to escape between Friday and Saturday in what is being described as a brave and risky attempt to flee their captors.

From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025

Three months later, they said a released hostage who spent time with him in a tunnel had told them how he had acted as a "spokesman to the captors" and "lifted everyone's spirits".

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025

When she stood before him, small and blond and pretty, less than a month past her twenty-first birthday, the German ace thought his Soviet captors must be making fun of him.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein