captor
Example Sentences
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Ramia said officers initially seemed engaged with her case, but stopped taking her calls once they identified her captor.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
Her captor did not speak Arabic fluently and had "Asian features", she said, adding that he removed her niqab and took photos.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
Under the fugitive slave laws, the burden of proof belonged not to the captor but to the captured.
From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025
By the time Sister Barnes accuses her captor of touting a magic trick as a miracle and Sister Paxton discovers the caged women, the film reveals its own deception.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024
In the first shock of being caught, he’d heard a scraping of stone, as if his captor were sealing the mound.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
