captor

Example Sentences

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But he knew now where they were heading: his captors’ autumn camp.

From Literature

In some moments, Petrović even managed to see the humanity in his captors, despite his discomfort and constant fear of being killed.

From BBC

The 1974 political kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was front-page news for a year and a half — her abduction, then her announcement that she was joining her captors, then her discovery, arrest, and prosecution.

From Los Angeles Times

Her captor did not speak Arabic fluently and had "Asian features", she said, adding that he removed her niqab and took photos.

From BBC

Savannah Guthrie and her siblings shared an emotional video pleading with their mother’s potential captors.

From Los Angeles Times