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captor

[ kap-ter ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

captor

/ ˈkæptə /

Origin of captor¹

1640–50; < Late Latin, equivalent to cap ( ere ) to take + -tor -tor

Origin of captor¹

C17: from Latin, from capere to take

Innuendo: Two “punishers” strip down and start to seduce Theon as part of the mindgames enacted by his captor.

These are not adversaries, or captor and his incarcerated captive.

Good Morning America anchor Juju Chang asked Smart how she had found the courage to testify against her captor Mitchell.

The novel, about a mother and son imprisoned by a mysterious captor, seems tailor-made for crossover success.

Reading his letter, I thought of the famous exchange between the Confederate soldier and his Yankee captor.

I managed to lift it a bit to escape further bruises as my captor roughly hauled me to the forest.

Richard could see now that the captive was indeed a woman, that she was struggling in the arms of her captor.

While the younger girls cried helplessly, Boone's daughter, seeing it was of no use to struggle, quietly followed her captor.

He was still suffering from hunger and longed for the return of his captor, for he thought he would bring food with him.

His captor hardly knew how to take this sally, or what answer to make to it.

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