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
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
Half a year after Oleksii’s rescue, his Russian captor was being lauded at home.
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024
“Do you think you’re a pirate, Nick?” asked his captor, and suddenly something about him seemed familiar to Nick.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
