captor

Example Sentences

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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

The all-seeing and never-believed Cassandra knows that she and her captor will both perish there; her conversations with Ritsa reinforce the author’s attempts to show women’s fates during wartime.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2024

Half a year after Oleksii’s rescue, his Russian captor was being lauded at home.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

“Do you think you’re a pirate, Nick?” asked his captor, and suddenly something about him seemed familiar to Nick.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman