captor
a person who has captured a person or thing.
Origin of captor
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How to use captor in a sentence
He was killed by his captors during the U.S. rescue attempt in Yemen in December.
ISIS Fight Has a Spy Shortage, Intel Chair Says | Kimberly Dozier | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHe has smuggled out through his family a number of stinging critiques of his captors.
Behind Bars for the Holidays: 11 Political Prisoners We Want to See Free In 2015 | Movements.Org | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTObama only disclosed the failed mission after Foley was beheaded on camera by his ISIS captors in August.
Their captors wore palm leaves, leopard skins, and magical relics to make themselves immune to bullets.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis | Nina Strochlic | November 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe rightly assumes that his captors were members of the U.S. Army Delta Force.
Both had been interested from the very beginning in the mystery of the strange girl and her two women captors.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret PenroseDigby in the scuffle, while bravely trying to escape, let go his whip, which fell to the ground unperceived by his captors.
Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. KingstonIn vain Digby expostulated, and threatened, and at last entreated his captors to let him return home.
Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. KingstonIt opened easily, and was not barred; but we soon discovered the cause of this seeming negligence on the part of our captors.
Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, PereOut of the panic at Big Shanty two men emerged, determined, if possible, to foil the unknown captors of their train.
British Dictionary definitions for captor
/ (ˈkæptə) /
a person or animal that holds another captive
Origin of captor
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