captor
a person who has captured a person or thing.
Origin of captor
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How to use captor in a sentence
I gave my captors 150 more days, but I will not focus my energies on that.
Locked up in the Land of Liberty: Part IV | Yariel Valdés González | July 28, 2021 | Washington BladeOften, victims accompany captors without a struggle because they fear retaliation against relatives.
Operation Fox Hunt: How China Exports Repression Using a Network of Spies Hidden in Plain Sight | by Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg | July 22, 2021 | ProPublicaOnce “returned home,” she recorded videos on her phone that describe her mistreatment by the captors hired by her father.
At the Ouija board, Jones and Hill would regale their captors with a tale, seemingly channeled from the Beyond, designed to make them delirious enough to lead the pair out of Yozgad, a prisoner-of-war camp high in the mountains.
How Two WWI POWs Conned Their Way Out With a Ouija Board | Margalit Fox | May 31, 2021 | The Daily BeastI’m sure it’s very easy for the oppressor to smile, because they have all the power, and when you see a smile, you may try to mirror it in order to become synchronized with your captor.
Vice published altered photos showing Cambodian genocide victims smiling. It unleashed an uproar. | Paulina Villegas | April 12, 2021 | Washington Post
Innuendo: Two “punishers” strip down and start to seduce Theon as part of the mindgames enacted by his captor.
‘Game of Thrones’: Sex, Starks, and Nudity by the Numbers | Anna Klassen | June 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThese are not adversaries, or captor and his incarcerated captive.
Mads Mikkelsen On Playing the Tasty New Hannibal Lecter | Kevin Fallon | April 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTGood 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.
A Virginia Scout | Hugh PendexterRichard could see now that the captive was indeed a woman, that she was struggling in the arms of her captor.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisWhile the younger girls cried helplessly, Boone's daughter, seeing it was of no use to struggle, quietly followed her captor.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies | H. A. (Hlne Adeline) GuerberHe was still suffering from hunger and longed for the return of his captor, for he thought he would bring food with him.
Two Boys in Wyoming | Edward S. EllisHis captor hardly knew how to take this sally, or what answer to make to it.
With Spurs of Gold | Frances Nimmo Greene
British Dictionary definitions for captor
/ (ˈkæptə) /
a person or animal that holds another captive
Origin of captor
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