captor
Example Sentences
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Under the fugitive slave laws, the burden of proof belonged not to the captor but to the captured.
From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025
While the BBC cannot independently verify their stories, almost all say they are petrified that one day, they might bump into a captor on the street or on a bus.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025
Her rescue from her captor, now 63, took place July 9, 2023, outside a laundromat on East 10th Street in Long Beach.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025
Half a year after Oleksii’s rescue, his Russian captor was being lauded at home.
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024
His captor had not searched him quite as thoroughly as he might have.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
