captor
noun
a person who has captured a person or thing.
captors
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pluralof captor.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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On the morning of 11 December 2022, Al-Marimi said his captors gave him a sandwich and some tea and told him to pack his belongings.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Yet they proved fearsome captors, armed with long spears tipped with shark teeth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
She said her captors were all masked and spoke in the Syrian Arabic dialect.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
We’re not rooting for her or her internet brain-rotted captors and ultimately, we leave the film barely rooting for humankind’s survival.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
Jillson said he’d tried to fight, but if Milligan had really resisted, wouldn’t his captors look as if they’d caught a tiger by the tail?
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
