captor
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of captor
1640–50; < Late Latin, equivalent to cap ( ere ) to take + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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According to a Christian group involved in the case, the pupils managed to escape between Friday and Saturday in what is being described as a brave and risky attempt to flee their captors.
From BBC
Then, he added, his captors received what they described as an order to torture him.
From BBC
The IAR said it took a year to persuade the bears' captor to agree to their release.
From BBC
He was moved and endured forced labour at other camps, and finally a death march to Dachau, before his Nazi captors fled incoming American troops.
From BBC
Having narrowly escaped a would-be captor, Raquel remains haunted by her near fate.
From Los Angeles Times
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