captor

Example Sentences

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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

The all-seeing and never-believed Cassandra knows that she and her captor will both perish there; her conversations with Ritsa reinforce the author’s attempts to show women’s fates during wartime.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2024

Half a year after Oleksii’s rescue, his Russian captor was being lauded at home.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

He did not care about finding his captor, repaying insults, or inflicting eternal punishments.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin