captors
- plural of captor.
Example Sentences
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Yet they proved fearsome captors, armed with long spears tipped with shark teeth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
The family of the kidnapped mother of a top US TV news anchor made a new plea for information from her captors on Thursday, after investigators said they believed the 84-year-old was still alive.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
They were eventually able to leave, via occupied Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Poland on a journey where everything they had, including their phones and possessions, were first of all scrutinised by their Russian captors.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026
He was spared execution when one of his captors took a second look at his face and recognized him as the generous schoolmate who used to share his lunch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025
His captors had five million Earthling books on microfilm, but no way to project them in Billy’s cabin.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
