captor

Example Sentences

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The IAR said it took a year to persuade the bears' captor to agree to their release.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

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

Her rescue from her captor, now 63, took place July 9, 2023, outside a laundromat on East 10th Street in Long Beach.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025

His captor had not searched him quite as thoroughly as he might have.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin