take captive

"And now," she said, "ye must have arms; but use them not rashly; take captive, but save life; let the law have its own—he must speak ere he die."

From The Junior Classics — Volume 5 by Patten, William

For these he may take captive without danger to himself.

From The Story of the Champions of the Round Table by Pyle, Howard

The wee round wonders with their mystery of velvety colour are well fitted to take captive the young eye.

From Children's Ways by Sully, James

The victory reacts on the Spaniards, however, because of the ill-treatment inflicted by the latter on the king of Ternate, whom they take captive to Manila; and the Moluccans ally themselves with the Dutch.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 19 of 55 1620-1621 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Robertson, James Alexander

To take captive a heart which has had no experience of attack, is to enter an unfortified and ungarrisoned city.

From Camille by Dumas fils, Alexandre