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

My husband is not a captor, nor do I own a seal suit, but I can relate.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

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

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025

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

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

The villagers went after, surging toward the little girl and her captor.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz