captor

Example Sentences

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Since her disappearance, Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have posted multiple videos on social media, including making direct appeals to their mother's captor.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The IAR said it took a year to persuade the bears' captor to agree to their release.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

Under the fugitive slave laws, the burden of proof belonged not to the captor but to the captured.

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025

One can’t fault Harrison, whose Zephyr spends much of the movie in a battle of wills with her captor.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

His captor stared at his face, squinting, his mouth twisted in suspicion.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin