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
Her captor did not speak Arabic fluently and had "Asian features", she said, adding that he removed her niqab and took photos.
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
She’d jump in the car happily, give her captor a toothy grin and then curl into a contented nap, probably dreaming of her next escape.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
In the first shock of being caught, he’d heard a scraping of stone, as if his captor were sealing the mound.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
